So I was wondering why Claudia didn't react more strongly to being restrained in the chair, with how similar that was to her psych ward experience. So I wrote a deleted scene of sorts.
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Claudia yelped as one of the cyborg-eye people grabbed her by the arms and dragged her to a chair next to Artie. Eventually, he had her strapped to the chair. Her heart began to race. She was trying to stay calm, keep smiling, not panic. But the straps digging into her wrists and over her legs were too real. Jagged memories of the psych ward tore at the corners of her mind while she did her best to suppress them. She focused on a solution to get out. That was the only thing that could keep her from having a full-on meltdown. Claudia and Artie were left alone for a while, but eventually Vanessa and Hugo were revived. The two came back in, and Claudia tried to stay calm as they pulled out a mirror. Was that Alice's mirror? That could work to release her and Artie.
"Hey Artie, Alice could be here in a flash."
Artie asked Hugo to take their picture, but the man just looked at them oddly and continued readying artifacts.
Although she had known Hugo for a year and a half, the fact that he was standing over her with the intent to torture her made Claudia sick with fear. She had begun to shake slightly, and she took a few deep breaths as she gripped the armrests of her chair tightly. This was not the time to have an anxiety attack. Artie looked over at her.
"Hey kid, hang in there."
She looked up at him, and saw him staring back at her reassuringly. The memories of the psych ward, of ECT, of medical testing that was never supposed to happen, were all coming back to her, but she did her best to hold on.
Suddenly, things blurred, and she was sitting on the floor of the Warehouse; her Warehouse. She could have kissed the floor for how happy she was. Taking a few calming breaths, she started making her way back to the office. Midway, she was intercepted by Steve.
"Claude?"
"Jinksy!"
Steve gave her a hug, and he decided not to mention that she was shaking slightly.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Parry didn't hurt us. Anyway, let's get Mrs. F. hooked up to the Warehouse again."
Steve nodded and followed the woman toward the office.
