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    John is a master pickpocket and Sherlock has a competency kink. (Info on the New Yorker article that inspired this fic can be found in the AN at the end.)

    A quick thanks to mydwynter who—although he may not remember this—helped me via chat one night think about pov in the first scene. I really enjoyed and learned from that conversation.

    And I owe million thanks to Mazarin221b for the beta; she gave me lots of encouragement and some great ideas for the last scene. And then, when I was still getting stuck, I read and re-read her marvelous Hands Are Clever (one of my absolute favorites) until I finally was able to kick it into gear. In so many ways, I’d never have gotten either one of my two fics done without her. Thanks, Maz!

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