As usual, my commentary is in italics, except for dialogue.
Rosalene wakes up to a bright dawn. She heads into the house, noting that the dead squirrel's smell has reached all the way to the house's entrance now.
Minor nitpick: how is the smell of a dead animal getting there? Isn't the house situated on a fairly high cliff? To say nothing of the effect of winds potentially blowing away from its front.
Inside the house, she heads to the kitchen and finds Neil talking on the phone.
Dr. Watts: No, I understand that part, but--
Dr. Watts:...Okay. Did you confirm it in his records?
Dr. Watts: And why again was this information not made available to us?
Dr. Watts: (angrily exclaiming) Or the medical doctor, for that matter!
Dr. Rosalene: (approaching Watts) Where did you get that coffee?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) Shhh!
Dr. Rosalene: Are you speaking with headquarter?
Dr. Watts: (forcefully facing Rosalene) Yes! I'll fill you in after!
Dr. Watts: (annoyedly) Now shhhhhhhh.
Rosalene can try talking with Watts, but he will ignore her. Examining the yellow and blue rabbit next to her, however, gets him to talk briefly.
Dr. Rosalene: Wait, isn't this...
Dr. Rosalene: (turning to Neil) Where did you find it?
Dr. Watts: (forcefully facing Rosalene) In the lighthouse, before we started.
Dr. Watts: (angrily exclaiming) Now, for the last time, shhhh.
If you chose to explore the lighthouse with Rosalene, Watts ends up bringing it with himself anyway. He shortly asks Rosalene about where she found it, then keeps talking on the phone. I've not found out what happens if neither doctor visits the lighthouse; given that it just influences a small bit of dialogue here, it likely just doesn't appear.
Going upstairs, Rosalene queries about Johnny's condition from the third doctor, and finds that he's barely hanging on. He then asks them about how they've been doing, and she admits, with some regret, that they couldn't make much progress. The third doctor then urges them to hurry and points her to her colleague in the kitchen, but we already went there.
Interestingly, from the moment Rosalene wakes up, Johnny's heart monitor turns yellow. So they are color coded and change color based on the patient's heartbeat in this universe. Wonder how they react to a patient's heart beating very fast?
Dr. Watts:...Okay. Did you confirm it in his records?
Dr. Watts: And why again was this information not made available to us?
Dr. Watts: (angrily exclaiming) Or the medical doctor, for that matter!
Dr. Rosalene: (approaching Watts) Where did you get that coffee?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) Shhh!
Dr. Rosalene: Are you speaking with headquarter?
Dr. Watts: (forcefully facing Rosalene) Yes! I'll fill you in after!
Dr. Watts: (annoyedly) Now shhhhhhhh.
Rosalene can try talking with Watts, but he will ignore her. Examining the yellow and blue rabbit next to her, however, gets him to talk briefly.
Dr. Rosalene: Wait, isn't this...
Dr. Rosalene: (turning to Neil) Where did you find it?
Dr. Watts: (forcefully facing Rosalene) In the lighthouse, before we started.
Dr. Watts: (angrily exclaiming) Now, for the last time, shhhh.
If you chose to explore the lighthouse with Rosalene, Watts ends up bringing it with himself anyway. He shortly asks Rosalene about where she found it, then keeps talking on the phone. I've not found out what happens if neither doctor visits the lighthouse; given that it just influences a small bit of dialogue here, it likely just doesn't appear.
Going upstairs, Rosalene queries about Johnny's condition from the third doctor, and finds that he's barely hanging on. He then asks them about how they've been doing, and she admits, with some regret, that they couldn't make much progress. The third doctor then urges them to hurry and points her to her colleague in the kitchen, but we already went there.
Interestingly, from the moment Rosalene wakes up, Johnny's heart monitor turns yellow. So they are color coded and change color based on the patient's heartbeat in this universe. Wonder how they react to a patient's heart beating very fast?
Rosalene checks the basement, but there's nothing new there.
Oddly, she doesn't even comment while going into the rabbit filled dark room.
She heads into the study, where Lily rests her children; apparently they spent yesterday night book fighting, going by the books thrown near the bookshelves. Heading out, she speaks to Lily.
Lily: I really should've watched those two last night... They were up late.
Dr. Rosalene: Well, it's not an everyday circumstance.
Lily: I suppose...
Lily: (curiously) Oh, was there something you wanted to ask?
1. Lily
2. Tommy and Sarah
3. Future
4. No more questions
There's no reason to interrogate Lily, and none of the options here provide much relevant information on Johnny, but I'll show them off anyway. There's a surprising amount of backstory for her.
1. Lily
Dr. Rosalene: You know, it's pretty unusual for someone like you to work here.
Dr. Rosalene: With two children and all, I mean.
Lily: It's not that bad, really. There's a school bus that passes through here.
Dr. Rosalene: But how did you even end up here?
Lily: Well... A few years ago, my husband passed away.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) What happened?
Lily: He was in the army... They were the last batch to be deployed overseas.
Dr. Rosalene: Sorry to hear.
Lily:...I panicked. Our savings were low, and the job market was grim.
Lily: Johnny saw my ad and offered me this job. I accepted with gratitude.
Lily: This place was peaceful, too... It helped me with my grieving.
Dr. Rosalene: Doesn't the government issue grants to war widows to help them back on their feet?
Lily: They do. And eventually, I received aid.
Lily: But by then, Johnny was starting to have trouble on his own... he needed my help.
Lily: Tommy and Sarah like this place, too. And so we stayed.
Lily: As for Johnny... he was glad as well.
Lily: (turning to the dining table)...We're going to miss him.
Lily: I think deep down, he really wanted a family.
See what I mean? And in case you're wondering, no, she doesn't play a more important role in the story. Not sure why the author bothered fleshing her out so much. One interesting detail is her mentioning that her husband was a soldier who went overseas and died in action. Given what we've seen of this world so far, it is perhaps a distant reference to the Iraqi and Afghani campaigns organized by the USA. Then again, our world doesn't really have mind reading and manipulating devices yet, so perhaps it's just fictious.
2. Tommy and Sarah
Dr. Rosalene: So what are you going to tell them about John?
Lily: I... I don't know. I'll probably make something up... but it's no use.
Lily: Kids are smart nowadays; they'll figure it out.
Dr. Rosalene: Might as well. It's the nature of life. There's nothing to hide.
I actually like Rosalene's reply here, not only is it very fitting to her character, but it sounds like something a sensible doctor would tell someone in this situation.
3. Future
Dr. Rosalene: This is your full time job, isn't it?
Dr. Rosalene: What will you do when this is over?
Lily: What else is there to do? Find a job in the city and live on, I suppose.
Lily: It's a shame though... I'm going to miss Johnny and this place.
Lily: Maybe I'll come back to visit every once in a while.
This is a weird conversation; do neither of them know about wills? Has Lily not read Johnny's will? Or did Johnny not write a will, even though he's the last direct living member of his family? Abandoning a mansion for an uncertain position just because the master died sounds rather unwise.
Quitting the conversation lets Rosalene leave, but not before Lily interrupts her. She tells her that Johnny expected them and wanted to convey his thanks to them through her. Rosalene feels rather awkward about this, and leaves.
Visiting Watts again, she finds him pondering something, and asks him about it.
Dr. Watts:...Hm.
Dr. Rosalene: (briskly walking towards Watts) What is it?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) It seems like our little Johnny here has some hidden records from the old days.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously)...Hidden records?
Dr. Watts: Hidden medical records, to be exact.
Dr. Watts: (looking away) Apparently, during his youth, he was administered a large dose of enhanced beta blockers.
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene, annoyedly speaking) And what luck! They tend to have this little side-effect on a curious thing called memories.
Dr. Rosalene: (walking away from Watts) Beta blockers...
Dr. Rosalene: (forcefully turning to Watts)...Johnny didn't have a heart condition, did he?
Dr. Watts: Apparently not.
Dr. Watts: (looking forcefully at the table, one arm in thoughtful gesture) Which leads one to wonder... if the "side-effects" were intended to be merely just that to begin with.
Dr. Watts: And in such a large amount...
Dr. Watts: (forcefully putting down arm) Its impact on his memories at the time of administration must've been significant.
- Rosalene ponders Watts' reply.
Dr. Rosalene:...You think that's what kept us out of his earliest memories?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) Well it's not the machine, I'll tell you that.
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene, annoyedly speaking) The maintenance department yelled at me for scolding them.
- Rosalene looks away from Watts, then back.
Dr. Rosalene:...So what now?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) I was just given the reconfiguration frequencies; that should get us past the blockers.
Dr. Watts: (looking forcefully at the table, one arm in thoughtful gesture) And once we're in his childhood, it might finally be early enough to transfer his desire for it to work.
Dr. Rosalene: (walking hurriedly to Watts, with an arm stretched) Then what're we waiting for?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) But just one thing...
Dr. Rosalene: (putting down her arm)...Of course. There's always that one thing.
Dr. Watts: (looking at the table, with a thoughtful gesture) In order to activate the new frequencies, we'll need a trigger.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) A trigger?
Dr. Watts: Something that exists strongly in the bridging inaccessible memory.
Dr. Watts: And we'll need to give it to John, for him to stimulate his memory internally.
Dr. Rosalene: (exclaiming) But what do we know of that? We've only gotten a glimpse of his childhood memories.
Dr. Rosalene: And even if we find a childhood photo or something... John's unconscious.
Dr. Watts: (forcefully looking at Rosalene) Yeah... back to square one.
- Both doctors ponder the situation. Watts eventually facepalms.
Dr. Watts: You know, this job hasn't been such a pain in the arse for me since Nora's case last year.
Dr. Rosalene: (looking away from Watts) Likewise.
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene) This is killing me...... I'm going out to get some fresh air.
- Watts leaves, but quickly rushes back into the room.
Dr. Watts: Ahem... forgot my coffee.
- He takes his cup and leaves.
A big block of exposition explaining how Johnny's childhood got delinked. I do appreciate showing Neil as the one willing to ask questions and find the underlying details, but like a lot of the writing, it ends up not advancing the plot enough while taking up lots of space. Case in point: the dialogue established a new obstacle for the doctors, but it will be negated very soon, and in a rather unexpected manner. Having the patient intentionally block part of their memory by overdosing IS a valid narrative device and works as an obstacle, but spending time proposing a solution, only to reintroduce the old problem, only to solve it again, just makes the narrative feel convoluted and pointless.
Oddly, she doesn't even comment while going into the rabbit filled dark room.
She heads into the study, where Lily rests her children; apparently they spent yesterday night book fighting, going by the books thrown near the bookshelves. Heading out, she speaks to Lily.
Lily: I really should've watched those two last night... They were up late.
Dr. Rosalene: Well, it's not an everyday circumstance.
Lily: I suppose...
Lily: (curiously) Oh, was there something you wanted to ask?
1. Lily
2. Tommy and Sarah
3. Future
4. No more questions
There's no reason to interrogate Lily, and none of the options here provide much relevant information on Johnny, but I'll show them off anyway. There's a surprising amount of backstory for her.
1. Lily
Dr. Rosalene: You know, it's pretty unusual for someone like you to work here.
Dr. Rosalene: With two children and all, I mean.
Lily: It's not that bad, really. There's a school bus that passes through here.
Dr. Rosalene: But how did you even end up here?
Lily: Well... A few years ago, my husband passed away.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) What happened?
Lily: He was in the army... They were the last batch to be deployed overseas.
Dr. Rosalene: Sorry to hear.
Lily:...I panicked. Our savings were low, and the job market was grim.
Lily: Johnny saw my ad and offered me this job. I accepted with gratitude.
Lily: This place was peaceful, too... It helped me with my grieving.
Dr. Rosalene: Doesn't the government issue grants to war widows to help them back on their feet?
Lily: They do. And eventually, I received aid.
Lily: But by then, Johnny was starting to have trouble on his own... he needed my help.
Lily: Tommy and Sarah like this place, too. And so we stayed.
Lily: As for Johnny... he was glad as well.
Lily: (turning to the dining table)...We're going to miss him.
Lily: I think deep down, he really wanted a family.
See what I mean? And in case you're wondering, no, she doesn't play a more important role in the story. Not sure why the author bothered fleshing her out so much. One interesting detail is her mentioning that her husband was a soldier who went overseas and died in action. Given what we've seen of this world so far, it is perhaps a distant reference to the Iraqi and Afghani campaigns organized by the USA. Then again, our world doesn't really have mind reading and manipulating devices yet, so perhaps it's just fictious.
2. Tommy and Sarah
Dr. Rosalene: So what are you going to tell them about John?
Lily: I... I don't know. I'll probably make something up... but it's no use.
Lily: Kids are smart nowadays; they'll figure it out.
Dr. Rosalene: Might as well. It's the nature of life. There's nothing to hide.
I actually like Rosalene's reply here, not only is it very fitting to her character, but it sounds like something a sensible doctor would tell someone in this situation.
3. Future
Dr. Rosalene: This is your full time job, isn't it?
Dr. Rosalene: What will you do when this is over?
Lily: What else is there to do? Find a job in the city and live on, I suppose.
Lily: It's a shame though... I'm going to miss Johnny and this place.
Lily: Maybe I'll come back to visit every once in a while.
This is a weird conversation; do neither of them know about wills? Has Lily not read Johnny's will? Or did Johnny not write a will, even though he's the last direct living member of his family? Abandoning a mansion for an uncertain position just because the master died sounds rather unwise.
Quitting the conversation lets Rosalene leave, but not before Lily interrupts her. She tells her that Johnny expected them and wanted to convey his thanks to them through her. Rosalene feels rather awkward about this, and leaves.
Visiting Watts again, she finds him pondering something, and asks him about it.
Dr. Watts:...Hm.
Dr. Rosalene: (briskly walking towards Watts) What is it?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) It seems like our little Johnny here has some hidden records from the old days.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously)...Hidden records?
Dr. Watts: Hidden medical records, to be exact.
Dr. Watts: (looking away) Apparently, during his youth, he was administered a large dose of enhanced beta blockers.
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene, annoyedly speaking) And what luck! They tend to have this little side-effect on a curious thing called memories.
Dr. Rosalene: (walking away from Watts) Beta blockers...
Dr. Rosalene: (forcefully turning to Watts)...Johnny didn't have a heart condition, did he?
Dr. Watts: Apparently not.
Dr. Watts: (looking forcefully at the table, one arm in thoughtful gesture) Which leads one to wonder... if the "side-effects" were intended to be merely just that to begin with.
Dr. Watts: And in such a large amount...
Dr. Watts: (forcefully putting down arm) Its impact on his memories at the time of administration must've been significant.
- Rosalene ponders Watts' reply.
Dr. Rosalene:...You think that's what kept us out of his earliest memories?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) Well it's not the machine, I'll tell you that.
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene, annoyedly speaking) The maintenance department yelled at me for scolding them.
- Rosalene looks away from Watts, then back.
Dr. Rosalene:...So what now?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) I was just given the reconfiguration frequencies; that should get us past the blockers.
Dr. Watts: (looking forcefully at the table, one arm in thoughtful gesture) And once we're in his childhood, it might finally be early enough to transfer his desire for it to work.
Dr. Rosalene: (walking hurriedly to Watts, with an arm stretched) Then what're we waiting for?
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene) But just one thing...
Dr. Rosalene: (putting down her arm)...Of course. There's always that one thing.
Dr. Watts: (looking at the table, with a thoughtful gesture) In order to activate the new frequencies, we'll need a trigger.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) A trigger?
Dr. Watts: Something that exists strongly in the bridging inaccessible memory.
Dr. Watts: And we'll need to give it to John, for him to stimulate his memory internally.
Dr. Rosalene: (exclaiming) But what do we know of that? We've only gotten a glimpse of his childhood memories.
Dr. Rosalene: And even if we find a childhood photo or something... John's unconscious.
Dr. Watts: (forcefully looking at Rosalene) Yeah... back to square one.
- Both doctors ponder the situation. Watts eventually facepalms.
Dr. Watts: You know, this job hasn't been such a pain in the arse for me since Nora's case last year.
Dr. Rosalene: (looking away from Watts) Likewise.
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene) This is killing me...... I'm going out to get some fresh air.
- Watts leaves, but quickly rushes back into the room.
Dr. Watts: Ahem... forgot my coffee.
- He takes his cup and leaves.
A big block of exposition explaining how Johnny's childhood got delinked. I do appreciate showing Neil as the one willing to ask questions and find the underlying details, but like a lot of the writing, it ends up not advancing the plot enough while taking up lots of space. Case in point: the dialogue established a new obstacle for the doctors, but it will be negated very soon, and in a rather unexpected manner. Having the patient intentionally block part of their memory by overdosing IS a valid narrative device and works as an obstacle, but spending time proposing a solution, only to reintroduce the old problem, only to solve it again, just makes the narrative feel convoluted and pointless.
Rosalene walks out of the kitchen, and runs into Watts rushing back inside.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) IT SMELLS!!
Dr. Rosalene:...Quit barging in and out of doors.
Dr. Watts: (stretching forwards suddenly) The roadkill, Eva! It smells!!
- Lily walks up to the doctors as Rosalene talks.
Dr. Rosalene: (turning away from Watts, facepalming) I know. It's your fault for running over it.
Lily: (curiously) What's going on? The children are still sleeping.
- Rosalene ponders Neil's talk for a bit. Suddenly she seems to understand something.
Dr. Rosalene: (looking at Neil) Wait a minute...
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) That last memory, the one we were stuck at--
Dr. Rosalene: (turning to Neil, exclaiming) It was the same smell!
- Lily walks a bit closer to the doctors.
Lily: What are you two talking about?
Dr. Watts: (quickly turning to Lily, stretching forwards) The olfactory receptors are directly linked to the brain's limbic system, Lily!
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) Don't you see what this means?!
Lily: I'm--... what?
Dr. Rosalene: (stretching forwards suddenly) He means that smell is arguably the most effective sense for memory recall.
Dr. Rosalene: We can use it as the stimulant to bridge his childhood memories!
Dr. Watts: (quickly turning to Rosalene) And the best part... Even though Johnny is unconscious, he's still susceptible!
Lily: I... I think I'm missing some vital contextual info on this whole thing.
Dr. Watts: (making a thoughtful gesture) Alright, this is good... this is awesome.
Dr. Watts: (suddenly looking at Rosalene) Now you just need to go fetch a piece of the roadkill.
Dr. Rosalene: (turning away from Neil) Yes, I'll just--
Dr. Rosalene: (turning back to Neil, angrily exclaiming) Wait, why should I fetch it?!
Dr. Rosalene: (stretching forwards suddenly) You're the one who ran over it!
Dr. Watts: (gesturing upwards, talking annoyedly) Exactly. I've already done my part.
- Rosalene is dumbfounded at Watts' retort.
Rosalene: (turning away from Watts, facepalming)...Oh you miserable bastard.
Lily: (exasperatedly) Um, if it helps any, I...
- Both doctors turn to her.
Lily:...I have a pair of gloves you can borrow.
- The scene cuts out, then fades in to Lily giving the gloves to Rosalene.
Lily: They aren't really disposable gloves, but that'll probably change after this.
Yup, the author took all of one scene to solve an obstacle that was removed and reintroduced in the previous scene. I'm not too unhappy about the solution, while it does seem a bit too convenient it is within the realm of believability. I just wish this entire memory obstacle thing was handled better, ideally more coherently.
Rosalene can talk a bit with Lily, who asks her not to bring the stained gloves back in. She's a bit shocked when she replies that the roadkill will have to come in somehow. Watts jokingly compliments her gloves, to which she angrily tells him to at least go up and monitor Johnny. He declines, saying that he doesn't like watching people wither away and die.
Heading out, not much happens on the way down. Rosalene comments on how surprisingly identical it is to run into two squirrels chasing each other. They were visible the night before, but none commented on them. Upon reaching the dead squirrel, Rosalene ponders the situation a bit, and decides it's better to bring its odour in a valved container. She opens the car, and the scene cuts to Watts suddenly rushing out of the house. Lily interrupts him for a while, but he excuses himself, saying that he needs to take a leak.
It then cuts back to Rosalene searching the car. A bottle rolls out in the process. She gets the valved container, and stores some of the odour in it. She can choose to pick the bottle, or ignore it. If she does, she recognizes them to be painkillers. On the way back, she runs into Neil.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) Oh, hey.
Dr. Watts: Did you get the roadkill?
Dr. Rosalene: It's ready.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming happily. arms outstretched) Great! Go get it set up; I'll be right back.
- Watts tries to leave, but Rosalene interrupts him.
Dr. Rosalene: Neil,
- Watts curiously turns to her.
Dr. Rosalene: (showing painkiller bottle) These painkillers... I think they are yours.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) Hey!
- Watts hurriedly takes them from Rosalene.
Dr. Rosalene: May I ask why you are on them?
- Watts ponders her question for a moment.
Dr. Watts: I wasn't going to tell you, but...
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene)...Oh, this is embarrassing.
Dr. Watts: (facepalming) A few days ago, I walked into a concrete wall.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) You... just walked into a wall like that?
Dr. Watts: (stretching his arm upwards) What can I say? I was in deep thought.
Dr. Watts: (making a thoughtful gesture) You know how deeply I think.
Dr. Rosalene:...These are some rather strong pills, Neil.
Dr. Watts: (stretching both arms outwards) And it was a rather strong concrete wall.
Dr. Watts: (looking away, stretching his arm upwards) T'was a match made in heaven, I say.
- Rosalene is rather perplexed to hear Neil's reply, and stays quiet.
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene)...Anyways, you got the roadkill, right?
Dr. Watts: (turning to the cliffside path) Let's hurry. John's dying back there.
- Watts tries to walk back, but Rosalene stops him.
Dr. Rosalene: Neil...
- Neil looks back as Rosalene speaks.
Dr. Rosalene:...You aren't addicted, are you?
- Watts turns around.
Dr. Watts: Are you kidding me?
- Watts turns back to the path and raises his arm.
Dr. Watts: I'd overdose before I'd sink to that level of contrived mess.
It then cuts back to Rosalene searching the car. A bottle rolls out in the process. She gets the valved container, and stores some of the odour in it. She can choose to pick the bottle, or ignore it. If she does, she recognizes them to be painkillers. On the way back, she runs into Neil.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) Oh, hey.
Dr. Watts: Did you get the roadkill?
Dr. Rosalene: It's ready.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming happily. arms outstretched) Great! Go get it set up; I'll be right back.
- Watts tries to leave, but Rosalene interrupts him.
Dr. Rosalene: Neil,
- Watts curiously turns to her.
Dr. Rosalene: (showing painkiller bottle) These painkillers... I think they are yours.
Dr. Watts: (exclaiming) Hey!
- Watts hurriedly takes them from Rosalene.
Dr. Rosalene: May I ask why you are on them?
- Watts ponders her question for a moment.
Dr. Watts: I wasn't going to tell you, but...
Dr. Watts: (looking away from Rosalene)...Oh, this is embarrassing.
Dr. Watts: (facepalming) A few days ago, I walked into a concrete wall.
Dr. Rosalene: (curiously) You... just walked into a wall like that?
Dr. Watts: (stretching his arm upwards) What can I say? I was in deep thought.
Dr. Watts: (making a thoughtful gesture) You know how deeply I think.
Dr. Rosalene:...These are some rather strong pills, Neil.
Dr. Watts: (stretching both arms outwards) And it was a rather strong concrete wall.
Dr. Watts: (looking away, stretching his arm upwards) T'was a match made in heaven, I say.
- Rosalene is rather perplexed to hear Neil's reply, and stays quiet.
Dr. Watts: (looking at Rosalene)...Anyways, you got the roadkill, right?
Dr. Watts: (turning to the cliffside path) Let's hurry. John's dying back there.
- Watts tries to walk back, but Rosalene stops him.
Dr. Rosalene: Neil...
- Neil looks back as Rosalene speaks.
Dr. Rosalene:...You aren't addicted, are you?
- Watts turns around.
Dr. Watts: Are you kidding me?
- Watts turns back to the path and raises his arm.
Dr. Watts: I'd overdose before I'd sink to that level of contrived mess.
- Watts walks away. Rosalene is perplexed at his behavior, but follows him without further questions.
I genuinely liked this scene, it had some pretty natural sounding dialogue that flowed fairly well and was actually amusing. I further liked how it contrasted Rosalene and Watts' personalities, with Rosalene constantly probing Watts in a straightforward manner while he keeps trying to be clever, and fails. Too bad it happens in such a contrived sequence of events.
I genuinely liked this scene, it had some pretty natural sounding dialogue that flowed fairly well and was actually amusing. I further liked how it contrasted Rosalene and Watts' personalities, with Rosalene constantly probing Watts in a straightforward manner while he keeps trying to be clever, and fails. Too bad it happens in such a contrived sequence of events.
If you didn't collect the painkillers with her, you get a much less amusing scene, where Watts blatantly lies about why he's going down the cliff and then runs off. It does make more sense continuity wise for the next scene though, where Watts enters later than Rosalene. I presume the implication for when you get the painkillers is that he spends some time dosing on them before heading upstairs.
The scene cuts back to Johnny's room. Rosalene instructs the third doctor that she will send a signal when she gets to Johnny's broken memories, at which point he should release the air in the valved container for a short time. She mocks Watts a little for being late, he asks her if she has sealed off the germs. She did. The doctor urges the two memory travelling doctors to hurry up, since Johnny is dying fast. It may well be their last chance. Watts quips a little about the doctor wishing them luck, and they put on the machines and warp to...
Act 3! Next time, they keep doing the memory travelling thing. See you then!
Next: In Which Tragedy Strikes!
Act 3! Next time, they keep doing the memory travelling thing. See you then!
Next: In Which Tragedy Strikes!
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