The Three Garridebs: Envision x 3

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Canon Story: The Three Garridebs
Title: Envision x 3
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: Three 60s for this one. I kept thinking they would have had to discuss what happened afterward, even if Holmes probably wouldn't want to.

"Would you really have killed him?"
Holmes puts his fork down with a clang against his plate but doesn't look up.
"Of course I would have."
"Vengeance solves nothing. You are too wise for such waste."
"It would not have been vengeance."
"What then? I don't understand."
"I would not have had time to chase him, can you understand that?"
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"You forget how quickly my mind works. When I saw you'd been shot, the entire scene played out instantly. You on the floor. Me on my knees. Evans, ignored, breaking for escape. I stop him how I can while still trying to keep you with me. The only question is whether I would have been successful on that second point."
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"Holmes."
"Don't. I am finished discussing it."
"Let me say this, please. You are not the only one who fears the end of our partnership, our friendship. But I am the only one of us who has ever actually seen it. Your imagination is wrong. We are smarter and stronger than how we envision ourselves."
"No, Watson. We're just luckier."