Hmph. As you can see that's a wise decision.

[That gets a pecking again. Mycroft glares at her and snatches his fingers back.]

As much as I would like to blame her, no. I've been experiencing them before she arrived. After the...incident in Norfinbury that occurred before I got here.

[Bacall shuddered and curled up more on his lap, speaking softly.]

We've been buried for a long time, John, far too long. But what was done to us in Norfinbury nearly ruined us. It broke us, shattered us.