Yes, the characters surprise me...but the characters aren't real, and
"they're" not surprising me, it's something that burbles out of my
subconscious. Only living beings can truly have free will. Fictional
characters don't.

jms

Ah, but it wasn't Holmes who forced himself back into the writings of Doyle;
it was pressure from readers (real people) who refused to let it go away.

jms