[ Sherlock also takes a step back from the bars because on the chance that he isn't hallucinating a rescue, he doesn't want to in the way. Whoever helps Sherlock out of the cage and avoid the water will find he first flinches at the physical contact but then leans into the solid presence. They're here. They're really here.
Perhaps the most telling of Sherlock's condition is the utter lack of stubborn bravado. No attempt to say he's fine or deflection from his many injuries. He'll wordlessly accept any offered help. Once they're on the ground, Sherlock's legs buckles beneath him. He looks from Alhaitham to Kaveh and back to Alhaitham with the one eye that still works. ]
You're free. When did you get free? Were you here as well? I don't know where Freminet or Professor Turo are, or who else is here....
[ Because surely they didn't come for him. Sherlock wracks his brain trying to pull together some useful information, but he's seen so little of the place, seen even fewer people. ]
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Perhaps the most telling of Sherlock's condition is the utter lack of stubborn bravado. No attempt to say he's fine or deflection from his many injuries. He'll wordlessly accept any offered help. Once they're on the ground, Sherlock's legs buckles beneath him. He looks from Alhaitham to Kaveh and back to Alhaitham with the one eye that still works. ]
You're free. When did you get free? Were you here as well? I don't know where Freminet or Professor Turo are, or who else is here....
[ Because surely they didn't come for him. Sherlock wracks his brain trying to pull together some useful information, but he's seen so little of the place, seen even fewer people. ]