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
Date: 2013-01-05 04:01 pm (UTC)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.