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Turn on your video, Dr. Stein. I'll tell you where you are.

Aren't you helpful

[And there's a quick flash of video, showing the inside of the funeral home (though nothing of Stein).]

[Oh. It's that place. Lovely.]

You're in the funeral home. Who are you going to ask to guide you to shelter tomorrow?

Don't worry about me. How are you doing?

I take it your mania's subsided again?

[Let's not talk about him. Let's talk about you, Stein.]

I've already answered your questions. You should at answer at least one of mine.

I'm pretty sure I don't owe you anything, Dr. Stein, least of all an update on my health. I'm alive. That's how I am.

Glad to hear it

Given that you've been able to focus for this entire conversation, I'm going to take it that, yes, your mania has abated. What are you planning to do once your eyes are back?

I thought Sherlock was the detective.

If I'm lucky I'll have a week or two before I start experiencing symptoms again. I need to use this time to attempt to assist with any current leads towards our escape or the mystery behind the town.

And I'm the doctor.

What leads do you have?

I don't have any. I've barely been able to string coherent sentences together for months now. When my sight comes back I'm going to go over any information others have gathered and made public.

You know people aren't going to want you anywhere near Kid. Or me. Fewer people know you took my eye out, I think. I hope you're planning to stay the hell away from him, or I'll have to be stop you.

[So says the one-eyed, 5'6" man built of pure determination.]

Don't worry. I'm not going to go near anyone.

I'd like to believe that.

[But he doesn't.]

What happens when your mania kicks in again? And are you going to tell me it's still on me to make the decision to contact the Admin now you've got your head back?

Dying worked this time. I'll see if it works again.

[No.]

Dr. Stein, that is a waste of resources, it might not work, and it just leaves us with the problem of you still reaching that point in the first place.

It's only a waste of resources if they bring me back. Do you think I could get a DNR here?

No. I don't. I think it's an automated process and Eve is gonna ignore what you want for it.

I could try. Even an automated process can be canceled with the right intervention.

[He doesn't want to die. Selfishly, wrongly, he wants to live. But he doesn't have that option, he's too dangerous, his leash is stretched and snapped and it's only his current mental stability keeping the others safe.]

[John is going to scream. How many men is he going to have to talk down from suicide here?]

Dr. Stein, you are not better off dead. You're better off treated.

Currently I have contributed nothing to our escape or survival. I am a drain on resources. I have attacked and injured multiple people who should have been able to trust me. My survival benefits no one.

Your future hasn't been written, Dr. Stein. That's your past. You have the power to change things going forward if you feel as though you aren't contributing enough to warrant concern.

I will give in to madness again. I can't change that. I will hurt people again maybe even kill them. My ability to contribute is limited because of brain damage. This is the best option for everyone around me.

You have another option, Dr. Stein. I don't understand why you won't take it when you're sane and level like this. Why you expect me to make the choice for you.

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