Escape is...tempting. Getting in a carriage and seeing how far away from this trap -- because it feels like a trap, it feels like a cage, like a, a simulated habitat for a tropical plant at the Royal Gardens that is meant to trick the unthinking flora into blooming as though it were in a true rainforest -- they can get feels worth trying.
If it's a dream, he has nothing to lose. And, if it isn't...
....the way out of other-worlds is never found by sitting in place. It takes exploration, trial and error, and usually, painful death.
Putting it off won't make it any easier. It never does. It only...prolongs one's stay.]
That may be worth an attempt.
[He takes a heavy breath, then lets it out, still staring out the window.]
I suspect it won't be that simple. Not if this much effort went into tailoring this place to us. But -- nothing ventured, nothing gained.
[Sherlock turns around to look at Leo.]
Let's finish breakfast, pack whatever looks useful, and see how far we get.
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Escape is...tempting. Getting in a carriage and seeing how far away from this trap -- because it feels like a trap, it feels like a cage, like a, a simulated habitat for a tropical plant at the Royal Gardens that is meant to trick the unthinking flora into blooming as though it were in a true rainforest -- they can get feels worth trying.
If it's a dream, he has nothing to lose. And, if it isn't...
....the way out of other-worlds is never found by sitting in place. It takes exploration, trial and error, and usually, painful death.
Putting it off won't make it any easier. It never does. It only...prolongs one's stay.]
That may be worth an attempt.
[He takes a heavy breath, then lets it out, still staring out the window.]
I suspect it won't be that simple. Not if this much effort went into tailoring this place to us. But -- nothing ventured, nothing gained.
[Sherlock turns around to look at Leo.]
Let's finish breakfast, pack whatever looks useful, and see how far we get.
[He gives a weak smile, then -- but a real one.]