[22] - Voice

[doctor_j_crane]

I have a specimen that I think has lived in a bucket for a little too long. I would like a proper enclosure for it. Admiral, it can be plastic if you don't think I can be trusted with glass. [Crane sounds thoroughly unimpressed by this. He's referring to a non poisonous huntsman spider, that appeared in a Rom Com cupboard with Eddie and himself.]

[Crane pauses before continuing.] I'm rather surprised that the murder in the garden was handled so well. Was it because the culprit was reasonably obvious or due to actual police work?

[Private - Rose]

The garden is less quiet than I would have expected. I trust that you weren't affected by the recent events?

[Private - Hayley]

I want to show you some instructions. I need to know if you're capable of performing them.

Comments

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

I hate to be the one to tell you this, Jonathan, but the technicalities don't make you sound any less sociopathic.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Really? I never would have realized. Thank you, really, for enlightening me.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

As always, you're welcome. Paper versions of that brief psychoanalysis are forthcoming.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I would be interested in seeing such a hypothetical report, if only to examine your laughable skills.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

How embarrassing for you to have been figured out by an apparent 'novice'.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I doubt that you've 'figured' me out in any meaningful way.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

You doubt wrong. If you've been trying to keep yourself surrounded in mystery this entire time, you've done a terrible job of it.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

There's a vast difference between knowing and understanding.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

As I've managed to accomplish both, I'm very familiar with those differences.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I sincerely doubt that you have. You've certainly achieved quite the ego.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

Allow my well deserved ego to alleviate your doubts.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

The well deserved aspect is rather debatable.