I will take this point by point. Do be so kind as to not interrupt. Perhaps you'll learn something--

I could suggest that her kidnapper might have been my height with a similar build. Hair and profile could be similar. Then, combine a traumatic situation and the similarities, of course she would be frightened.

I knew where to find them because I looked. Ask Molly Hooper how many tests I ran on those samples from the floor. He gave me the clue-- "Every fairy tale needs a good old fashioned villain." And in the girl's room? A book of fairy tales in an envelope. Delivered to our door? Another envelope with ground up bread.

Hansel and Gretel.

Last clue-- formulae used for chocolate.

I put my network out looking for what I found, for where everything coincided together. You have your sources, I have mine.

As for how much he knew about me-- I have John believing he can trust me. I could tell him anything, and he would accept it as truth. Do you imagine he knows even half of what "Richard Brook" knows? Or might he have done his own digging? Have his own "trick" by which he can uncover a man's life story?

As for evading arrest, well. You and yours had your minds quite made up. I-- Well. As you said.

Even I make mistakes.

I thought I could beat him at his own game.