"Hm, so it's the same as the one used in the other cases," Basil strokes his chin in thought. That didn't mean much, of course, but it could prove useful. Some pick up habits of their pets, after all. Picking up a preference in weapon wasn't the oddest thing he'd have heard.

"But why attack a human? And the human of the only eye-witness at that?" He was muttering to himself, completely forgetting that Watson was there. "Obviously they wanted to scare them into being quiet, but bringing a human into it? That's just not done."