[Good. That earns John a smile, inappropriate but there. He should have known John would get angrily productive, that's far better than weeping and wailing. He pulls his arm free and bends down to gesture to Harry's discoloured throat.]
There's something wrong with that bruising pattern.
[There's the distinct imprint of seven fingers and two thumbs, seems like the killer might be missing her index finger on the right hand.
Sherlock goes back to Harry's head as John looks at the throat, fingernails just catching on a tiny piece of paper he can see sticking out from the corner of Harry's lips. It comes out slowly, carefully. It's a page from one of those books to teach children the alphabet: A is for Apple, that sort of thing. Only 'apple' has been crossed out, and now it reads A is for Alcoholic.]
no subject
There's something wrong with that bruising pattern.
[There's the distinct imprint of seven fingers and two thumbs, seems like the killer might be missing her index finger on the right hand.
Sherlock goes back to Harry's head as John looks at the throat, fingernails just catching on a tiny piece of paper he can see sticking out from the corner of Harry's lips. It comes out slowly, carefully. It's a page from one of those books to teach children the alphabet: A is for Apple, that sort of thing. Only 'apple' has been crossed out, and now it reads A is for Alcoholic.]