So. Whatever's happened for you to make us family... I don't have that. This is gonna be a bit hard on us at the start if you have me as a therapist. Not trying to put you off, just making you aware. I don't want any confusion about who knows what and who's from when.

[He had enough of that with Sherlock in Norfinbury.]

I'm aware of a woman named Mary that I'm meant to marry... who's also dead now. So anything related to her, you're welcome to be open with. [There's no particular emotion attached to her, and that might be easy to read in John's tone.] I'm not particularly worried about mucking up the timeline. It'll be mucked up enough, as is, for everything I know.