Not neccesarily, Mycroft thought. From many outward tell-tales, Mycroft could deduce a great many things of this man. No need to 'get into his head' at all. But the older Holmes did not possess his brother's need to voice his abilities in deduction and anyway had no interest in helping this man remember. There were gaps of varying sizes in all their minds, but keeping them together was his first priority.

"I hope you find your past," was therefore, a lie. The next thing he said was true. "And I hope you can find a place for yourself in the present. Something beyond just being on the ship."