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@beyonce

You've reached Dr. Stephen Strange. Leave a message and my secretary will get back to you.

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[rubikscomplex]

[House breathes a sigh of relief. No questions. Just acquiescence. He made the right choice. The girls or Watson would have asked.]

since the joker murdered me yesterday

[thewarningafter]

[What's there to ask about? It's not like he doesn't know. Sure there's the question of why now, but he's not going to take up a tack House could interpret as him arguing with the decision.

Stephen stares at the reply, a knot forming in his gut. He and Claire were just there.]

Where is he? Where are YOU now?

[rubikscomplex]

we were in the shed by the school
i'm guessing ecks was murdered, too
it was going that way
and she's not replying

[So there's your 'why now,' Strange.]

in the funeral home now

[thewarningafter]

I'm sorry.

[She'd been House's friend, hadn't she? He keeps his empty platitudes to himself; he doesn't know any better than House whether she'll come back.]

We're south of the school now. Tony still has your things for now.

[rubikscomplex]

good for you

[That's about as snappy as he gets, though. House can't summon the energy to be more combative, and Stephen stopped before going too far into irritating territory.]

fine
i'll contact him to meet up

[That seems to be it from House, except he adds one last thing.]

thanks for the script

[A part of that is genuine gratitude... another part is priming Stephen to be sympathetic if he needs to request another script for Vicodin or another narcotic.]

[thewarningafter]

[The thank you is almost disconcerting. It's like House has switched over to drinking Dick Light.]

You're welcome.

[rubikscomplex]

[As that's that, House just hangs up. He has what he wants. He'll possibly make use of Stephen later.]