"Time, I suppose, will be the judge." Mycroft shrugged a little. "I would say our chances on that are roughly equal."
As far as the question went, Mycroft HAD needed to come up with something, Eurus was "dead" , but Sherr obviously couldn't be dead and kill their mother completely. Bloody Hell, she'd fallen apart at the Eurus' death story, not that Mycroft could blame her, even if he did feel removed from feeling the reaction.
"Nothing much far from the truth." And he'd gotten the idea from Sherlock's billing of himself, but didn't say that. "You DO work in consulting, of sorts, so that is what they know. You're one of the CEO's top assistant managers."