For antiqueskies who asked for pre-show Sydney/Jack and "Sometimes he can't bear to look at her."
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Sometimes he can't bear to look at her. Not because of her striking resemblance to Laura; his emotions are still too conflicted for him to resent the reminder of his dead wife.
It is guilt that causes the ever-growing distance between him and Sydney. Laura's death and his imprisonment have changed his little girl so completely that there are days he doesn't recognize her.
She is so quiet now. She smiles less and her eyes are filled with a sadness and pain that he doesn't know how to fix.
He still loves her more than anything else in the world.