the dread filling her heart & climbing her throat grows quicker by the second, filling her chest & head with an unmistakable feeling of hopelessness & sickness. blue eyes grow sadder, red lips form a pout as the alien goes on. there is UNDOUBTEDLY a part of her that doesn’t trust him, but that part is quickly shoved to the back of her mind. his fingers on her skin, she leans onto his shoulder ( PATHETIC ), shakes her head like a child. “ no. no. that’s not right.” it doesn’t cross her mind ; but the doctor knows how to play her like a harp. every fear of abandonment, of not being good enough, of not being liked, of being left behind creeps back up in her. “ he didn’t. i know he couldn’t. ”
& oh, is she DISTRAUGHT. the doctor is captivated by the flimsiness, the IDIOCY that is human emotion. he merely fans the flames that devour columbia’s heart, & suddenly, she’s reduced to an EXPERIMENT in frank’s hands : how FAR will she be pushed ? how long will she LAST if she’s sure eddie cares nothing for her ? darkly, somehow gladly, frank imagines not long at all. one glove - clad arm slinks fluidly around the girl, & the doctor LAUGHS : softly, shortly, he laughs. ‘ do you ? i’m just not so sure. eddie has NEVER been one to – ’ viridescent eyes narrow & the hold frank has on columbia tightens, fingers latching onto her arm. ‘ – stick around for very long, has he ? this we BOTH know, mm? ’