[ Simon would almost think Strand might have a point -- for once -- but it doesn't quite align with the experience. Simon has had delusions before, this isn't what they're like when you're in one. Everything is too crisp, too clear. ]
Why? There are plenty of shadows, even here, Alex. [ It's defiance that is more self-preservation than anything, he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't know how to be anyone but who he is, how to deviate from his mission. His life experiences are so narrow. Life before the asylum, life in the asylum and life after had been about Alex, about the reason he even still exists.
If there had been no point he wouldn't have kept going and here he's not sure what that point could be if not to keep going as he did -- looking after Alex in his own way. ]
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Why? There are plenty of shadows, even here, Alex. [ It's defiance that is more self-preservation than anything, he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't know how to be anyone but who he is, how to deviate from his mission. His life experiences are so narrow. Life before the asylum, life in the asylum and life after had been about Alex, about the reason he even still exists.
If there had been no point he wouldn't have kept going and here he's not sure what that point could be if not to keep going as he did -- looking after Alex in his own way. ]