[To be honest, he's attempting to be more accepting. If he can accept beings that don't exist in his world, magic and facetwins then why not doubles? It helps that they look completely different. They're not even the same gender.]

Well, I can honestly say that I never expected to meet another version of myself but after what I've seen in this place, it doesn't come as that big of a surprise.

[He takes a sip of tea as he considers something. Now the horror sets in but not about them.]

Does that mean there's more than one Sherlock?