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"One person at a time," confirms Shell Bell. "I don't know if they get sensory feedback from it so they could tell if you were there even invisible."

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"...Sherlock, would you mind accompanying me, so that one of us will be able to bail us out no matter what?"

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"If I accompany you, it should not be necessary to get close enough to be noticed at all."

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"Why is that?"

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"I can inspect objects in the same world from an arbitrary distance away. You could copy the power, but you've never seen Nathaniel with it."

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"And this will tell you if they are alternates or not."

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"As well as looking at them would, or better."

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"All right. And Shell Bell, you can hold the door - you'll be okay?"

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"As long as that's all I'm doing."

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Sherlock hugs her girlfriend some more.

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Hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs.

"Okay. I'm ready if you are."
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"I'm all set."

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Then Sherlock teleports them all to the door.

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Shell Bell closes her eyes -

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- and opens Downside.

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Angela steps through.

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So does Sherlock.

She shifts a locus of her perception power directly to Voice.



After a moment spent studying their physical structure, she nods.
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Angela spends a moment studying the apartment the door opens into - she'd like to have a shot at forcing the door in case she ever needs it - and then she turns around. "Now what do I do with Nathaniel, though?" she murmurs. "Templates are usually well-matched instance to instance - but Nathaniel's a child, he hasn't hurt anyone -"

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Sherlock shrugs.

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"It could just be Downside. Downside can change people," murmurs Shell Bell, letting the door close.

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"I suppose as long as Nathaniel's seen Milliways and you, now, I can explain to him - in age-appropriate terms - what happened. Warn him."

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"If you are comfortable doing so."

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"Not really, but it seems worse not to tell him. At least in general terms."

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"I see what you mean."

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"For the same reason I'm planning to ask Juliet just what happened to her in her vaguely described misadventure, when I meet her. It's important to know the pitfalls. Nathaniel's happen to be particularly dire."

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