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"My apologies for not coming to class last week. I had a feeling none of you would have appreciated me sharing a particularly nasty virus. I am glad to see that you're all alive and well after the rain nonsense and Seely and Z running last week's class.

Let's move on. Most of you will know this week's villain if only by reputation alone. There is debate as to whether the case files of Sherlock Holmes are fact or fiction and whether Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote them or if they were, in fact, passed on to Conan Doyle by Doctor John Watson, the narrator of the stories. To avoid any charges of defamation, let's assume they're fictional.

In Holmesian fashion, this week you will have to solve the mystery, track down your opponent before you can defeat them. Keep in mind that this week's topic is the evil genius and that in the evil genius you will often meet your match. Don't fall into their trap without a plan."

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"At least tell me one thing, Professor," said Hamlet, furiously plotting out a way to stop the mad doctor from blowing up the city. "Why did you do it?"

"Were you any other man, short of Holmes, I might withhold that information from you, but I have an inkling that you might understand my dilemma. Mankind is a fascinating beast. So set in its ways. People are born, schooled, sent to work, sent to procreate and then die. London itself is a microcosm of conventional society, yet nothing ever changes, not even with the advent of technology or the discovery of new colonies. We are capable of so much more and yet we are bound by the social ties that we are born into. We are only capable of our true potential when the social ties are broken. Mankind can be reborn, sir, and I shall see to it."

Oh, Hamlet's had a whole lot of social ties broken within his family and friends back in Elsinore. It didn't work out so well for anyone. And if regicide messed up things that much, a man willing to destroy much of London would make things worse.

"But are you certain that they can be reborn? Humanity may have the possibility of change somewhere withing itself, but the patterns of everyday life have been ones that have been established for thousands of years. In my first hand experience, a sudden and unexpected breaking of traditional social ties tends to lead to sudden chaos and destruction more than anything."

"And from the ashes, the strongest and most resilient will rise, ready to build anew."

Well, clearly talking down an evil genius wasn't going to work. He half mused to himself about what sort of thing would motive a man of Moriarty's obvious intelligence to use it coming up with schemes to destroy society.

There was a noise outside as a pair carriages filled with Lestrade's police officers rolled on to the scene. One corner of his mouth turned upward into a smirk. At least the biding-time tactic had worked.

Moriarty tensed, but still had a smile plastered on his face. "Sir, I have enjoyed our little chat, but I fear that our time together has come to an end. I bid you adieu. Perhaps we will meet again in another world."

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