Sherlock hums. "I don't know, if you can make it through your nerve endings being burnt, fire wouldn't be so bad. Now having your head chopped off. You not only have the pain, but witness the rolling feeling as your head rolls away from your body. No one is entirely sure how long you remain conscious."

Umm, he's Sherlock, of course he's thought about these things. Sorry.

"And they died too. You said 'the lot of you' were destroyed. Well, at least you have people here."

Dead and with people is better than dead and alone. Now Sherlock is considering he might be dead.