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"Cobb, I-" Arthur took a step backwards, his eyes shifting from the figure of the other man to the sleek silver PASIV. "What are you doing here?"
"Arthur, I came to see you, to see if you needed any help." Cobb placed the PASIV on the table, and walked forward. "After all, you're in a dangerous position. In a mental ward, being assessed, before being tried for assault."
Arthur shook his head. "I never touched her. You know that!" He swallowed, noting how his voice had risen slightly. Cobb smiled sympathetically. "I never touched her," he repeated.
Cobb shook his head. "Arthur, you know that you don't know that."
"What?" The Point Man looked at him, his eyes widening. "Cobb, you know me...know me better than anyone-"
"No, Arthur, I don't." Cobb shook his head. "I don't know you." He smiled gently at the other man. "I though I knew you - knew you as a soild man, a man who would be relied upon in a crisis, someone who would never hurt anyone." He shook his head again. "I was wrong."
"Dom?" Arthur's voice had faded down almost to a whisper. "Are you saying that you think I was capable of doing that? Hurting someone? Forcing her into sex?"
"Arthur, I know that you can be jealous, and I know that you can be possessive." Cobb sat down, and studied the other man, noting the new beard growth, and his gauntness. "You've been like that with me."
"With you?" Arthur looked at him, his jaw dropping slightly.
"I know you didn't like me being married." Cobb screwed him mouth up slightly. "I know you thought we'd be a team, and work together, but I had responsiblities, a wife, children. You find that hard to deal with, so you become jealous. And then you start to turn on people."
"I never turned on you," Arthur countered.
"Really?" Cobb narrowed his eyes. "You didn't exactly help me when the police wanted me for Mal's suicide, did you? What did you do, Arthur? You ran away, to Paris, hoping it would blow over and you would never be implicated. You are such a coward."
"I left because I felt it was best," Arthur said, staunchly. "Best for both of us."
"Yes, and then you met Ariadne, and decided you were going to try and worm your way in with her." Cobb smiled tightly. "But you're not capable of a relationship Arthur. You're too selfish, too intent on putting yourself first-"
"And you did something to me!" Arthur roared, unable to control himself. "You incepted me, incepted me into something I'm not!" He took a step forward. "You planted those ideas into my mind, the idea that I can't live without sex, the idea I have to take it, the idea I can't control myself!"
"Arthur!" Cobb shouted. "Arthur, stop it! Stop trying to hit me!"
Arthur looked at him, and narrowed his eyes. His heartbeat began to accelerate. "Cobb, I-"
"Arthur, how could you do this? How could you hurt me like this?!" Cobb's voice took on a pleading tone, and he held out his hands. "I trusted you, we all did ,and then you betray us-" He picked up the PASIV. "Maybe I should-"
"NO!" Arthur shouted, his face suffusing with colour. "Get away from me, Cobb! I don't know what happened to you, but-"
Suddenly, the door began to open. Two nurses stood there, with a doctor. The doctor's face was aghast. "What is-"
Cobb gabbed the PASIV. "He tried to hit me," he said, his voice shaking. "I only came to help him, and-"
"Right, buddy, solitary room," one of the nurses commented, walking towards him. "Let's restrain you, see you cool off!"
Cobb watched as Arthur was dragged away, a distraught look on his face. Smiling, he grabbed the PASIV, and began to follow the doctor out.
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