This is Sherlock Holmes, stunned. He’d never realized that John...

This is Sherlock Holmes, stunned. He’d never realized that John Watson was one of the options on the table. This is his instant recognition of the thing he never knew he was missing and always wanted. “Afghanistan or Iraq?” The answer never mattered. It was just a first thing to say in a long line of things that they would say to each other. It really meant, Oh. There you are. I see you. Yes.