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[ Tied nicely with a ribbon is a bag of coffee beans from Surasthana Cafe. It's address to Shadow, but there is no name to say who it is from. ]

[Hey. Think you can just waltz around his boat without a proper greeting? And what did Sherlock leave? Just as he returns to the dock, the brooding hedgehog will be there, waiting for him. He was leaned up against a pole, holding the gift in his hands and giving the detective a look of suspicion.]

[ Sherlock freezes like a cat caught in the middle of mischief, and he wonders if he should explain himself or make for a hasty exit. Yet... Shadow knows where to find him. Even with Cid's gadget, Sherlock doesn't want to deal with an angry speedster. ]

Happy Winterstide. You are under no obligation to reciprocate. That is why I leave my name off these.

[ He says that quicker than he'd like to, but he also doesn't know how much time he has to speak. ]

[If he didn't want Sherlock to speak, he would have acted already. So, count your blessings detective. He quietly studies the other, processing their hastily placed words. Winterstide also involves the exchanging of gifts huh...

He glances suspiciously down at said gift. There is a faint scent of coffee coming off the bag.] Why? [He's not sure what he's done to be given one. He took this guy's money (which he returned what he didn't use later), and hasn't gone out of his way to be all friendship and crap with them. Was this "payback"?]

You have shown yourself to be dependable on quests and in other times of need. I've also observed that you enjoy coffee.

[ He gives a slight shrug as if that could help diffuse any feeling of guilt or obligation. ]

It seemed enough to warrant a little something for the season.

[...He's just doing what he felt was necessary. It's nothing that would require a gesture like this. What he would want to say, but he knows it's better to just accept than decline when it comes to these things. Less of a headache.

He does enjoy a good batch of coffee beans though, it's true. And these...they smell of decent quality at least.]

Don't bother with surprise gifts. I would have thrown this out if I didn't know who it came from.

[ They're from Surasthana Cafe, so of course they are decent quality. Kaveh knows coffee. ]

And if you had, I would not have known otherwise. Do not make more of this than it is. You are not the only one I've delivered something to.

[ They're just coffee beans. It's not like it's something he spent time making and personalizing. ]

Hmph. Would have been a waste on your part. [The coffee can be the best of the world, but he isn't going to trust it not knowing who it's from. He starts to walk towards the detective, moving pass him to return to his boat.]

Don't let me further delay you then.

[ Would it have been a waste on his part? He would have gotten the satisfaction of having picked out and left a gift, and he wouldn't have been there to see Shadow reject the gift.

Unlike now. And it hurts. No matter how much differs or what he does, he is still Sherlock Holmes...

He lifts his chin up, putting on a mask of indifference. ]

Your sentiments have been noted.

[ He'll use his ring of returning this time. Sure, he'll probably have to backtrack to deliver his next gift, but it seems worth it now. ]

[Do whatever you feel necessary, detective. He will return to his ship to further inspect the gift of coffee beans in the privacy of his plant room. Every bit of those coffee beans will eventually be used and eaten in the coming days. A satisfaction, that will likely remain unspoken.]

[ Arriving in front of his apartment on the second floor of the Surasthana Cafe, Sherlock unlocks his door, closes it behind him, and slides down until he sits on the ground. There is a lesson in this, he thinks. He's gotten too used to people's company. He'll always be the odd one out and left alone in the end. And in a few days...

Sherlock pulls his knees to his chest. Damn it. Goddamn it. ]

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