NO THAT’S NOT A TYPO.
HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS. NOBODY’S MORE SURPRISED THAN I AM.
Thank @youlighttheskyfanfiction for this. She said magic words to me last night that gave me the breakthrough I needed.
(I won’t bore you with how I suspect it’s kind of a letdown of a chapter, because HELL WITH THAT, IT ACTUALLY EXISTS.)
BBC Sherlock fic: Barrow Wight, Chapter 3