[Robert doesn't know how to explain it. How to make it less awful. Because he can't. And, somewhere in him, he knows that.]
It's physics. Newton.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
To gain something, something of equal value must be lost.
[A lifetime of suffering and a few instances of happiness for the prospect of the reverse. It's better for Elizabeth. Better for DeWitt. Better for everyone. On such a large scale.
But all that matters in that instant is the girl crying in his arms.]
I never meant for it to end that way. I only wanted to get you out of his reach. Even we didn't know how it would end. Not until we saw it.
[Would he have insisted so vehemently? Would he have threatened to leave Rosalind to make her do what he wanted? If he'd known he'd lose her, would he have paid that price?]
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[Robert doesn't know how to explain it. How to make it less awful. Because he can't. And, somewhere in him, he knows that.]
It's physics. Newton.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
To gain something, something of equal value must be lost.
[A lifetime of suffering and a few instances of happiness for the prospect of the reverse. It's better for Elizabeth. Better for DeWitt. Better for everyone. On such a large scale.
But all that matters in that instant is the girl crying in his arms.]
I never meant for it to end that way. I only wanted to get you out of his reach. Even we didn't know how it would end. Not until we saw it.
[Would he have insisted so vehemently? Would he have threatened to leave Rosalind to make her do what he wanted? If he'd known he'd lose her, would he have paid that price?]