"I think, given the alternative, that I can deal with a little scarring, should it come to that," John told him wryly. "Though I think the wound looks clean enough, for now."

He didn't really know what Sherlock meant by sponsors- he'd been given only the very briefest of explanations before being deposited into the Arena- but he was quite used to Sherlock knowing more than he did about what was going on and it didn't feel like an explanation would help too much, anyway. It could wait at least until they'd found somewhere a little more secure to put their heads together and try to make sense of everything.