( Well. Elizabeth turns pale, her lips pressing together firmly as the explanation wears on. This is not at all what she had initially expected to hear. Maybe he had hit his head, or something magical. What he describes is something which at the very least sounds somewhat magical to her, because she does not yet understand science in the least.
There is a sense of irony and dรฉjร vu, for several months ago, she had stood quiet before Dorian, as he admitted a dark secret to her. The Doctor has not sold his soul, so much as divided it in two. Entirely different, and yet entirely the same, because she cannot accept one and deny the other. How can she fault this man, to whom she now feels drawn to by a profound sense of empathy, judge when she, too had put on the smiling face and appearance of a good person whilst harbouring skeletons in her wardrobe?
She cannot. Breathing out levelly, she squeezes his hands once before letting them go. )
I understand. ( She says , simply, and bows her head. ) The situation, your reasons—even him, and his nature.
One day, perhaps, I will explain the why of it to you. Suffice it to say that I walk in darkness as much as do you, and others here. I am not saintly.
And I can do no other than accept you as you are, Henry Jekyll. As my countryman, my liegeman, and my friend. Now and always.
( Taking his hands once again, she smiles softly at him. ) Now, there is no need to take that walk alone any longer.
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There is a sense of irony and dรฉjร vu, for several months ago, she had stood quiet before Dorian, as he admitted a dark secret to her. The Doctor has not sold his soul, so much as divided it in two. Entirely different, and yet entirely the same, because she cannot accept one and deny the other. How can she fault this man, to whom she now feels drawn to by a profound sense of empathy, judge when she, too had put on the smiling face and appearance of a good person whilst harbouring skeletons in her wardrobe?
She cannot. Breathing out levelly, she squeezes his hands once before letting them go. )
I understand. ( She says , simply, and bows her head. ) The situation, your reasons—even him, and his nature.
One day, perhaps, I will explain the why of it to you. Suffice it to say that I walk in darkness as much as do you, and others here. I am not saintly.
And I can do no other than accept you as you are, Henry Jekyll. As my countryman, my liegeman, and my friend. Now and always.
( Taking his hands once again, she smiles softly at him. ) Now, there is no need to take that walk alone any longer.