[Oh the sweet taste of victory. It felt mighty fine.]
Well, you know, not many people consider the 'sidekicks' worthy of note and frankly, they're not always. But I can assure you that John Watson is the finest companion I could hope for and a very capable man indeed. He knows his stuff and he applies it aptly. [Then there's a sort of minor 'eh' look on his face.] Lestrade is pretty okay too. But the point to take from this would be to not blindly believe what people have told you about someone and make blind assumptions.
[He really dreaded to think what their names were being used for in other universe. A horrible thought.]
How much about this place do you know? Do you have any actual working knowledge of how things usually go here? Or are you assuming it shouldn't happen.