[ Even Sherlock is surprised at how quickly he comes to that conclusion. Perhaps he'd be more welcoming of the spell if he didn't have detachments from reality in the past. He's seen and heard people who weren't there and had memories changed by trauma and his own mental defenses. Now something he used to fill up the silence creates images?
No, no, it doesn't matter if others can also see it. He needs to be sure of what's real and what's in his mind. That is just an illusion, false images of people are not here, and in the case of many of them, will never be a part of his life ever again.
He doesn't need to muddle his perception of reality further. ]
sobs, I loved the idea even if Sherlock doesn't
[ Even Sherlock is surprised at how quickly he comes to that conclusion. Perhaps he'd be more welcoming of the spell if he didn't have detachments from reality in the past. He's seen and heard people who weren't there and had memories changed by trauma and his own mental defenses. Now something he used to fill up the silence creates images?
No, no, it doesn't matter if others can also see it. He needs to be sure of what's real and what's in his mind. That is just an illusion, false images of people are not here, and in the case of many of them, will never be a part of his life ever again.
He doesn't need to muddle his perception of reality further. ]