It seems so convenient that the man who had been so far behind him had suddenly caught up, that they were from the same point in time. Or near enough, from what he can tell, though he didn't know Mycroft had sent a car for John. He's still awaiting Culverton's attentions. Is it punishment for what he's done, so he can't hide from his sins? Or is this just a dying brain firing off nonsense while Culverton kills him?
He discards that at once. Nobody knows his brain like Sherlock does, and he knows this is real. He's not in his mind palace, he's not dying. Which means this is some hilarious penance for Eve, maybe even for trying to get drugs out of her, who the hell knows? It would be the truth and not the truth to say Culverton is going to kill him. He might succeed, it's not completely certain that John will get there in time, but he might not. Sherlock isn't sure whether he honestly cares one way or the other, and that's a truth to keep to himself.]
Mycroft is always meddling.
[Such an innocuous truth. It's amusing, in its own way, that Sherlock is so acquainted with lies that he can do it with the truth too.]
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It seems so convenient that the man who had been so far behind him had suddenly caught up, that they were from the same point in time. Or near enough, from what he can tell, though he didn't know Mycroft had sent a car for John. He's still awaiting Culverton's attentions. Is it punishment for what he's done, so he can't hide from his sins? Or is this just a dying brain firing off nonsense while Culverton kills him?
He discards that at once. Nobody knows his brain like Sherlock does, and he knows this is real. He's not in his mind palace, he's not dying. Which means this is some hilarious penance for Eve, maybe even for trying to get drugs out of her, who the hell knows? It would be the truth and not the truth to say Culverton is going to kill him. He might succeed, it's not completely certain that John will get there in time, but he might not. Sherlock isn't sure whether he honestly cares one way or the other, and that's a truth to keep to himself.]
Mycroft is always meddling.
[Such an innocuous truth. It's amusing, in its own way, that Sherlock is so acquainted with lies that he can do it with the truth too.]
You have to be missing something, what is it?
[The death price.]