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[VAGUE SPOILERS FOR 'BURIAL AT SEA' BELOW]

Elizabeth Comstock, you have been tried and found guilty of leading this man to his untimely death--

[Booker sits in the gallery, staring coolly back at her, and Elizabeth feels both wet and cold. And bloody--there's blood all down her front. But she doesn't feel shock or even surprise. She knows why it's there, she just can't see the memory. Every time she reaches for it, nothing happens.]

[Words feel unsteady, and she has to chase each one and hold it, own it, before speaking it.]

I was never his! But he… he had to have me! [What choice is she defending herself for making?]

--You have therefore, been sentenced to have your head forcibly torn from your body until you are dead.

[A cord is looped around her neck, Robert and Rosalind almost waltzing around and past her as they do so. Elizabeth scrabbles at the cord as it's pulled taut by one Lutece at each end.]

But he’s right there! He’s right there!! I didn’t kill Booker, he’s right there! He’s been here the whole time! [The cord tightens, Elizabeth’s hands don’t work, her fingers can't get under the cord.] Stop pulling, stop pulling, please! I’LL BE YOUR DAUGHTER!

May God have mercy on your wicked souls, child.

[Action - Locked to Gai and BioShock Infinite Crew]

[Elizabeth writhes in bed, her breathing becoming quicker and shallow as though she were having trouble filling her lungs. And whatever she’s trying to get away from her neck, there isn’t anything there. She’s scratching at nothing.]

[END SPOILER CONTENT]

[Voice – Early, Early Morning of December 1st]

Has anyone here ever had a dream that was prophetic? I know that most dreams are a product of our subconscious thoughts, but… I had a dream and I know I couldn’t possibly have been thinking any of the things that were in it. Not even subconsciously.

I thought that maybe this could be an experiment of some kind. [Read: ‘I’m hoping this was an experiment of some kind.’]

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I hope you don't mind me asking... But what was your dream about?

I...

I was on trial for killing my best friend. But he was sitting right there, watching me. And my other friend and his sister... they took my head off.

[Oh man that sounds really gruesome. He doesn't know Elizabeth that well, but he does feel bad for her.]

...I'm sorry to hear that. I've had my share of bad dreams, so I can at least say I understand how you feel about that.

Have you had any here? Any that didn't make one bit of sense?

Yeah I actually have, maybe you can figure it out because I sure can't. My dream started out with me being seventeen again and I was late for school. But as I ran towards school, I suddenly fell through the pavement and found myself in a desert. So I wandered in the desert until that turned into a deep ocean. From there, I swam around in the ocean for a while trying to find my way back to land. However, a water tornado showed up which lifted me into the air before I somehow landed in the middle of a wasteland where rabid dogs were about to eat me. Thankfully before the dogs pounced on me I woke up, but man was I confused.

Edited 2013-12-01 08:15 (UTC)

Wow... compared to that, my dream is simple.

I think I've heard of books that talk about symbolism in dreams. Walking through a desert or swimming in an ocean could have some symbolic meaning.

Ye-Yeah, I tend to have rather complicated dreams. I can't explain it, especially the ones that make no sense. But the last time I ended up in a desert was on a remote planet completely made up of sand. So it's either my trip is coming back to haunt me or it's as you said something symbolic. Maybe I'll look up one of those books you mentioned.

Oh! Maybe you're thinking of other places you've been to because we're stuck here? Do you like it here?

Kind of? I mean my family is all here and I've made some great friends. But for some reason I don't find myself being all that happy.

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