It didn't seem to me that Mycroft would make himself vulnerable by having something visible that would allow his connection with Sherlock to be exposed easily, but a ship in a bottle seemed like a good substitute - it would bring his younger brother to mind, without giving anything away to anyone who didn't know them both.
RE: The Least Part of the Work
It didn't seem to me that Mycroft would make himself vulnerable by having something visible that would allow his connection with Sherlock to be exposed easily, but a ship in a bottle seemed like a good substitute - it would bring his younger brother to mind, without giving anything away to anyone who didn't know them both.