Hypothermia isn't the best way to go, it's true. But the alternatives don't sound much better and at least then he would have had tried.
She makes too much sense, sometimes. Her plan is a sound one and he can't find fault with it-- it just doesn't follow his own preferences. It's slow, and too reliant on others. He's just barely come to trust people. Gregson and Bell only barely make the cut, and Watson's own position in his esteem is entirely without precedent. He doesn't know if he could look at a room--an arena?-- of strangers and trust them.
He doesn't want to have to try.
He doesn't speak for a long moment. When he does, his voice is deceptively casual. "We might sabotage the power grid a bit. Give us a bit more time in which to make those plans."
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She makes too much sense, sometimes. Her plan is a sound one and he can't find fault with it-- it just doesn't follow his own preferences. It's slow, and too reliant on others. He's just barely come to trust people. Gregson and Bell only barely make the cut, and Watson's own position in his esteem is entirely without precedent. He doesn't know if he could look at a room--an arena?-- of strangers and trust them.
He doesn't want to have to try.
He doesn't speak for a long moment. When he does, his voice is deceptively casual. "We might sabotage the power grid a bit. Give us a bit more time in which to make those plans."