Because none of this was real. Elizabeth was DeWitt's daughter, but she shouldn't know it. DeWitt shouldn't worry about him. He shouldn't be in an asylum.
If you were here, Rosalind...
"We won't be apart long, brother. I promise."
Good. Don't leave me. Not like this.
"I would never."
Robert took a few slow breaths, composing himself. His shoulders rolled back, and he regarded Elizabeth with the shrewd eye of a scientist. Someone entirely lucid.]
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Because none of this was real. Elizabeth was DeWitt's daughter, but she shouldn't know it. DeWitt shouldn't worry about him. He shouldn't be in an asylum.
If you were here, Rosalind...
"We won't be apart long, brother. I promise."
Good. Don't leave me. Not like this.
"I would never."
Robert took a few slow breaths, composing himself. His shoulders rolled back, and he regarded Elizabeth with the shrewd eye of a scientist. Someone entirely lucid.]
Tell me about him, won't you?