"The Great Mouse Detective"
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I didn't think I'd ever get this far.
I had been working as a poet for a long time now, but I saw this little girl and.. Well, now look where that got me. A colleague or two and a side job.
...And what's this? I reignited a flame, opened a long since closed book.
A flame that had been put out for three years.
A book I shut the moment I left.
...A story that I continued..
I brought it back. I brought *him* back to me.
...And that soul that's drifted back to me..? His name is Basil of Baker Street.
My name is Florence Chamberlain. I'm a poet. And here's my story, just to show it.
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