[ if anything, they're a good listener. they're walking along and waiting for the train and they're digesting all of this slowly as they piece together this story. they don't ask about the curse and they don't ask how scien solved it, because that doesn't matter. what matters is it was solved, but... it makes sense, too, that a man would crack without a solid foundation holding him together. lesser men have crumbled for smaller things. ]

I think people like that are under a lot of pressure, even if they don't appear affected by it. How could they not be? And without an outlet for that... [ things go badly. ] Besides, people do all sorts of insane things for love. That's what makes the whole thing so dangerous.

[ man... ]

Did he ever get close to bringing her back? How... I guess it doesn't matter how he was gonna accomplish it if it meant sacrifices. But you knew and you chose to stop him. [ ... ] Did you get to talk to him before? Not really to negotiate, but...

[ at least say goodbye to the person he once knew. ]