Yay shoggoths! I wasn't sure how obvious I wanted this to be, but on the other hand both Holmeses are very much in their own heads, and they certain have accepted the ASIE status quo as, well, status quo, so there went the narrative. I'm very happy it worked for you.

Thank you so much for the enthusiasm and praise, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

(The super late reply is because this post completely slipped my mind, apologies!)