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[ Oh, he knows. ]

I'm not your dad. I'm not gonna tell you what to do one way or another. But if you make yourself sick, I will say I told you so.

[He holds up the wooden mixing spoon he's been using, chocolate batter slowly dripping back down into the bowl.

Looks at Juzo conspiratorially, as though still seeking his approval.]

Just one small taste.

You want my permission or something? Knock yourself out. I won't stop you.

[In that case, Sholmes delicately scoops a decently sized blob of batter off of the wooden spoon with a finger. Time to taste that batter!

A little bit of it drips onto the front of his tuxedo, though.]

Ah, blast… is what I would say if this batter was not magnificent and therefore worth the mess.

[ Juzo makes a little motion with his head that seems to suggest he's rolling his eyes. After snubbing out his cigarette, he grabs a clean dish towel and wets it with some water. ]

You're hopeless. C'mere.

[ He's just gonna start dabbing that chocolate out of the fabric. ]

[He just grins up at Juzo as the other man dabs out the batter spot.]

Are you sure you don't want any?

[Waggles a still batter-smeared finger at him.]

[ Leans his head away. ]

Pass, thanks. I'd take your finger clean off.

I didn't mean for you to nibble at my finger. That's what the spoon is for.

But your loss, then, Mr Inui.

Somehow I think I'll live.

[ Well, he's mostly gotten the chocolate out of the front of the tux. He gives the fabric a little tug to straighten it back out. ]

You gonna keep this? It looks good on you.

This?

[Somehow, the notion seems to surprise him a little. He glances down at his jacket, as though verifying what he's wearing.]

I could. I hardly know when I would wear it again, however, unless an opera house rises up from the ground itself.

[ He lifts a shoulder in a shrug. ]

Never know when a change of clothes might come in handy.

Hm... you're right. Add another ensemble to the collection of disguises, hm?

Yeah, just in case you ever need to look like someone who knows what they're doin'.

[wow]

Ha! The implication being that my normal detective gear does not give that impression?

Eh.

[ He waggles a hand. So-so. ]

But the deerstalker is a classic.

[He nudges the brim of his hat up... which he is not wearing, so he's just gesturing out of habit.]

It's somethin' all right.

[ Juzo, classically not a hat man.

He sets the rag aside and moves to take the spoon back so he can take over mixing duties. ]

Why do they call it that, anyway? "Deerstalker".

[Back to mixing they go. The batter should be ready sooner rather than later.]

Oh, that is elementary. It is the cap of an outdoorsman; traditionally, a hunter. And thus, a deer-stalker.