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Sorry. I started dozing off there. [She's a little embarrassed and very tired. Her 'condition' has been giving her trouble today.]

[Sherlock grimaces slightly.]

Clearly. The question is, why? We've only been sitting here for seven minutes.

[She knows it's not her usual time to have problems. Maybe she hadn't slept well the night before. Damn.]

Not sure. I usually don't sleep well anyways. Haven't for months.

[Sherlock is trying to deduce her.]

From worry or are you ill? Or are you sick from worry?

Deal with it.

I have a condition. How I contracted it makes me unable to sleep easily because I don't feel entirely safe anywhere. And for some reason I was feeling pretty relaxed for a change.

[Because really, werewolf. And she can't control it. And she won't let anyone else deal with this too.]

You can't sleep because you fear for yourself... or others?

[Sherlock has grown used to John's nightmares.]

Yes, well. That's one approach. Kindly get off my coat.

[He's rather attached to that coat, you see.]

[He'll be getting more answers from her probably more questions too.]

A bit of both. My condition makes me unsafe.

[yawns.]

It makes a damn good pillow though.

But safe enough to fall asleep on strangers' coats. What is the condition?

[Sherlock raises his eyebrow.]

As you put it, Deal.

Not really I just think it's unlikely I'll have an incident today.

[She's going to frown and look uncomfortable as hell.]

You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable must be the truth.

[In other words, "Try me."]

Ha!

Welll I said it first. Doesn't that mean I got dibs or something?

[He grins.]

[Well fine.] Be stubborn. Just no screaming.]

Please don't panic. It makes it worse for me to keep in control. I'm still learning to manage this and... today is a better day. I'd like to keep it that way.

[It also hurts. She lays her hand flat on a surface and focuses on coaxing the wolf to the surface. If she can just keep it from coming out fully? Means she's learning. There are a few visible changes to her hand and a very audible sound as the bones are creaking and shifting around as the hair on her hand darkens and gets just a bit thicker.

And she's trying very hard to stay calm so she doesn't have to find some place that isn't here.]

Any guesses?

[Sherlock looks thoughtful.]

You can morph into an animal....

[Normally he would say impossible, but hard to dispute the evidence of what she's shown him.]

Let me guess... werewolf?

[Well, he met a vampire earlier, it's possible.]

[He yanks the coat out from under the lad and starts to put it on.]

Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Isn't that how the saying goes?

Yes.

[She's going to start forcing the change back. It hurts but at least the wolf seems to be calm still.]

I haven't dealt well with all the new changes.

[Sherlock pulls out his phone and checks some dates.]

The next full moon isn't for another week yet...

I know. There's a place I found where I can lock myself up. I won't risk infecting or killing someone and I can't control myself in my other form yet.

[She shoves her hand into her coat pocket out of habit.]

I'm trying to find some way of fixing that.

[He pouts.]

The other one tenth is me.

[He points to himself and lays on his..non coat covered seat, staring up at Sherlock, defeated.]

Finee. Have your stinkin' coat.

How is this possible?

[Sherlock is going scientific on you, sorry.]

Since it's been my coat for quite sometime now, I will.

[He looks around.]

How did you acquire it, anyway?

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Not sure.

[It's okay a few years ago she wanted to go into medicine. Life just got in the way.]

It might be a virus. I mean I was attacked. I should have died but I didn't.