"Got a Lazarus," she remarks. "He's a demon, I don't know the kind."

"Ooh, let's see," says Sherlock. He looks. "Damned if I know. Doesn't seem to be on Earth, either. Perhaps we've discovered a whole new demon dimension. I wonder if he's a friendly sort?"

"It's hard to imagine an unfriendly Lazarus, but we only know the one of him, so who knows. Maybe having a tail wreaks awful psychological damage on the personality type."

"What do you suppose, should I say hi right now, invite Stella's one over to help make introductions, or just be generally aware that he exists and see if metacausality does cause us to intersect in some charmingly coincidental way?"

"The last one. Or tell Stella's that we found him an alt and see what he says about it. Perhaps he'll have a more interesting suggestion."

Nuzzle. "Hey, Jane, can you tell Lazarus we found a demon of him here and could use his input?"

[That... is interesting,] says Lazarus. [What kind of demon?]

[She didn't recognize the kind, but reportedly he's got a tail.]

[I've never considered getting a tail before. Is it a nice tail?]

[Didn't see him myself.]

[Well, I'm not sure what to do about him, exactly. If he's one of me, he might not like to have the entire multiverse situation dropped on his head all at once. Or he might get his first hint of something extraworldly going on and demand to know the rest. Or both.]

[The options being currently considered are Juliet saying hi, importing you to say hi for her, or doing nothing to see if metacausality presents him to her by coincidence.]

[The last one seems to have the most potential for interesting but probably not disastrous surprises.]

[Shall I pass that on as your recommendation?]

[Yes.]

"This will be an interesting observational experiment."

Sherlock laughs and hugs her.

Hugs! "No, seriously, this is the first time there has been preexisting knowledge of a template's presence followed by not showing up and telling the template All The Things. If metacausality does drop him on my doorstep that'll be interesting."

"It will! I look forward to seeing what happens."

"It is however super tempting to drop in on him and explain him things."

"But that would spoil the fun, love."

"It would spoil some fun and replace it with other fun. I will have to get my other fun someplace else, I suppose. If I become desperate to explain everything to someone I can always go surprise Renée. Or sit down a minion or three and present them with a slideshow."