[As relaxed as Carrie might be, Sherlock isn't sure if he should bring up his own absence from the Port or not. She'd been one of the few he'd entrusted with knowing about Moriarty before hand, so he has a feeling she would understand.
That doesn't mean he wants to talk about it, though.
So while contemplating this, he just figures she wants to get more sugar. The hug cuts him off guard, not that it should. Carrie remains one of the few people to hug him so often. He would point out that missing him must have been difficult if she couldn't remember him, but he knows what she means: That inexplicable absence in the heart.
He sighs and wraps his arms around her tiny frame.]
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[As relaxed as Carrie might be, Sherlock isn't sure if he should bring up his own absence from the Port or not. She'd been one of the few he'd entrusted with knowing about Moriarty before hand, so he has a feeling she would understand.
That doesn't mean he wants to talk about it, though.
So while contemplating this, he just figures she wants to get more sugar. The hug cuts him off guard, not that it should. Carrie remains one of the few people to hug him so often. He would point out that missing him must have been difficult if she couldn't remember him, but he knows what she means: That inexplicable absence in the heart.
He sighs and wraps his arms around her tiny frame.]
I'm... glad. To see you again.