[ why. w h y.

two seconds pass before she answers: one to stop herself from yelling, and the second to unlock her jaw that managed to clamp shut ]

Yeah, Isaac. [ she tries for a shrug, but it's too stiff ] Sherlock made a few more friends than he did, I guess. Or just louder ones. Also. [ calmdowncalmdowncalmdown ] Isaac missed a jump, he wasn't murdered in a public pool. People tend to have an easier time of pretending something never happened when they can convince themselves it was just an accident.