For them. [Somewhere along the way, in a fashion Sherlock himself could not even explain, he had learned something of selflessness and sacrifice.]
He wants me to become him. [Mycroft knows. Sherlock's not fool enough to think he wouldn't have found the evidence, the recording his phone took in his pocket. Everything. Every word. Until he'd made a call. He'd left his phone on the roof, meant for it to be found by the right people.
There would be no record of that, not that anyone would ever see. Moriarty-- or an agent-- had one. He was sure. Because they'd have wanted to make sure Sherlock pulled no trick, make sure everything went according to plan. would have been ready to kill if he'd veered off script during that last conversation with John.
All he can hope is that Mycroft uses only a fraction of that phone call. Redeems Lestrade with just enough evidence. But has discretion enough to conceal the motives the last two-thirds of the recording provided. It's a strange amount of trust for the man who decided that what Moriarty had, whatever it was, was worth his life. Sherlock's sure it was to save many. More than he chose to die to save. At the end of the day, they made the same decision. One life was expendable.] I will not disappoint him.
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He wants me to become him. [Mycroft knows. Sherlock's not fool enough to think he wouldn't have found the evidence, the recording his phone took in his pocket. Everything. Every word. Until he'd made a call. He'd left his phone on the roof, meant for it to be found by the right people.
There would be no record of that, not that anyone would ever see. Moriarty-- or an agent-- had one. He was sure. Because they'd have wanted to make sure Sherlock pulled no trick, make sure everything went according to plan. would have been ready to kill if he'd veered off script during that last conversation with John.
All he can hope is that Mycroft uses only a fraction of that phone call. Redeems Lestrade with just enough evidence. But has discretion enough to conceal the motives the last two-thirds of the recording provided. It's a strange amount of trust for the man who decided that what Moriarty had, whatever it was, was worth his life. Sherlock's sure it was to save many. More than he chose to die to save. At the end of the day, they made the same decision. One life was expendable.] I will not disappoint him.