Act Fourteen - Interlude: Misinterpreted Signals
It's the oddest thing in the world. I've never felt anything but camaraderie towards Dorothy, and even that's stretched thin sometimes, and yet suddenly… I feel almost as though there's something else there. Something that I'm denying, that I'm ignoring.
I never ignore things.
I can't.
When I ignore things I fail my missions.
We're sitting in the car. He's staring fixedly at the road, and there is nothing but silence between us. I wonder what has happened, what has changed.
I picked up his coat from the tailor's and my new outfit this morning. I plan to wear it to dinner this evening. We probably won't get back from this investigation until rather late.
I wonder what he's thinking about… what's wrong. He seems all right, but then Roger rarely ever seems otherwise. He puts up a tall wall between himself and the world that I can't seem to get past. I know he's more than what impression he gives off, but I can't seem to get around that wall. He's hiding behind it, using it as a shield.
It's almost as though he's afraid to let me in… for fear of what I might see.
Or what I might find out.
I simply don't understand what he finds so necessary to hide from me.
After all, I'm just an android, aren't I?
I will wear the outfit some other time. I don't think now is the right moment to spring any changes on Roger. It might send him further into this shell he's erected for himself.