[ So things will not be easy, then, which he'd think he would have learned to expect in situations involving Sherlock. He doesn't typically go out of his way to make it difficult, but god, it happens. ]

And you both decided it was a good day to start off with attempted murder. All right. [ Who wouldn't, of course, that's usually right up on Lestrade's list of to-dos. But he'll believe it (just what we needed to top things off, a criminal mastermind networking off-planet), and deliver a very straight staredown. ] You'll want to avoid doing that in the future.