You make the very important point - one that bears repeating as we discuss John in this series - that John doesn't know what we and Sherlock know. We are so used to seeing things through John's eyes in this show that it's easy to forget: John hasn't seen Sherlock's mind palace, he hasn't seen his interactions with Mycroft, he doesn't know that Sherlock thinks this is the last conversation their ever going to have.
And yes, considering that from his POV this is him seeing someone off on a dangerous, but finite (six months) journey, not a suiside mission, his reaction becomes perfectly understandable.
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Date: 2014-01-15 09:42 am (UTC)And yes, considering that from his POV this is him seeing someone off on a dangerous, but finite (six months) journey, not a suiside mission, his reaction becomes perfectly understandable.