[It's....such an outburst of something that seems so...obvious, yet never said, that it makes him blink, taken aback. And then, he can't help it - he barks out a laugh in reply.]
Almost certainly! I would be ever worried if I were not! Could you imagine? I'd raise a daughter for ten years, and nobody would consider me a father! It would be unimaginable!
[Except...]
[That's what happened, until recently, because he made it so, because he didn't feel he deserved it, because she had a true father, and it wasn't his right to declare that, and...]
[Yeah, he can't help it. He's a bit watery-eyed, too.]
You think that, don't you? You talk about your daughter all the time, but you never talk about what it's like to be a dad.
[He sees you, Sholmes. And he sees those watery eyes.]
My old man isn't my biological father, but he's still the only person I call Dad. Blood doesn't matter when it comes to family. I'm sure your daughter feels the same way too.
Ah. Well. The situation was complicated. But recently, she...she acknowledged me as her father. I think in all my years of being a great detective, that was the grandest happiness I have achieved.
[No solution to a mystery or a case could stand up to that.]
So...yes. [And he uses the back of his arm to wipe over his eyes.] Blood is only so much. The bonds you have and share...those are the precious things.
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[It's....such an outburst of something that seems so...obvious, yet never said, that it makes him blink, taken aback. And then, he can't help it - he barks out a laugh in reply.]
Almost certainly! I would be ever worried if I were not! Could you imagine? I'd raise a daughter for ten years, and nobody would consider me a father! It would be unimaginable!
[Except...]
[That's what happened, until recently, because he made it so, because he didn't feel he deserved it, because she had a true father, and it wasn't his right to declare that, and...]
[Yeah, he can't help it. He's a bit watery-eyed, too.]
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[He sees you, Sholmes. And he sees those watery eyes.]
My old man isn't my biological father, but he's still the only person I call Dad. Blood doesn't matter when it comes to family. I'm sure your daughter feels the same way too.
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[No solution to a mystery or a case could stand up to that.]
So...yes. [And he uses the back of his arm to wipe over his eyes.] Blood is only so much. The bonds you have and share...those are the precious things.
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[He smiles.]
And you get it now too, so that's good. No forgetting it, got it?