[ ...'Surely a place worthy to keep Holmes busy for at least a week.'
Holmes.
Of course his eye catches upon the name, just as his ear had when it was spoken to him by a scruffy, battered man with the ragged edges of a meathook's departure still evident in his chest. The name 'Holmes' has become associated with this sort of man, but it's been a developed thing. It's possible that whoever it is could mean Sherlock, but the way it's typed implies a sense of intimacy, and there are only two possible people who John knows capable of the expression... And he's never been given over to the thought of Lestrade being a secret romantic -- or without the rudimentary knowledge of how things float in space, for that matter. ]
[ Still not here ]
Holmes.
Of course his eye catches upon the name, just as his ear had when it was spoken to him by a scruffy, battered man with the ragged edges of a meathook's departure still evident in his chest. The name 'Holmes' has become associated with this sort of man, but it's been a developed thing. It's possible that whoever it is could mean Sherlock, but the way it's typed implies a sense of intimacy, and there are only two possible people who John knows capable of the expression... And he's never been given over to the thought of Lestrade being a secret romantic -- or without the rudimentary knowledge of how things float in space, for that matter. ]