She's perfect for him. There's no other way to describe it – I look at her sitting on on the examination table in our basement as if it's her own kitchen counter, swinging her legs as she bites into an apple and I know I'm right – Cassie Hack was made for Herbert West.
While she sits there and chats about what she and Vlad have been up to, I'm sorry Herbert's sewing body parts together and not listening to her. Most of it's disgusting enough to make him laugh. She's a nice girl, even though I think she's just as crazy as Herbert if not more. Her friend Vlad scares me just a little bit too, but he's been visiting Arkham with her less and less since we first met them a few months ago. I think I know why and I can't believe Herbert doesn't. He's an idiot; Cassie's sending out all the signals and he'll never notice them because he's too focused on the re-agent to care about anything other than where our next specimen is coming from.
I don't see what his problem is – yeah, she's a little young, but she makes more sense than he does most of the time. She doesn't give a shit what we do really, as long as other living people don't get hurt. That's a big one – his "work" doesn't bother her. Herbert should take that into serious consideration; she still likes him despite the fact that she frequently implies to him that she'll kill him if she catches him cutting off another person's head with a shovel or something.
And no, that part doesn't creep me out – I can't see Herbert entering into a healthy relationship. Any non-work related relationship would be a good thing for him at this point.
She fits all the criteria – she's cute, she's not an airhead, and this girl I was dating the last time Cassie showed up in Arkham looked her up and down with a look of disgust. It was the same look Meg gave Herbert when they first met. Weird is good – Herbert's weird, it only makes sense that a potential girlfriend be weird. She's a lot more sociable and has a good sense of humor, but I can't deny that she's weird. However, I think the corpse makeup works in her favor since the only other women Herbert thinks enough of to spend any time with are cadavers.
But seriously, I want him to have this. She'd be good for him because she checks up on him where I can't, and her job, whatever it is, is good too, since all her constant traveling gives him time to miss her. He complains when the doorbell rings and I let her in, but I know him too well. I see how his eyes light up when she walks in the door. Plus, she's physically stronger than him. That'll help her too, since in the time I've known him, Dr. Hill and a police lieutenant have been killed. Somehow, I can't see him trying to kill Cass and succeeding.