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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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Well my nose is right against your skin.

...I smell pretty. [She grins, clearly enjoying teasing Gai.] I would use your soap if I had to.

And then you would smell spicy. That's not as bad as me smelling like a bouquet of flowers.

[But hey, he will gladly smell of flowers if it makes her smile like that.]

I like you smelling like flowers. It's idyllic. And familiar.

Is it?

[That isn't what he was expecting to hear, and yet he somehow can't say he minds it.]

Mm. [She nuzzles Gai's sternum and breathes him in again.] It's not exactly like my soap, though. It's still you.

[Gai happily pulls her closer to facilitate this, even if her nose is tickling his chest a little.]

I would hope it was still me. I'd start to worry otherwise.

[Elizabeth laughs into his chest.] No Gai, my soap isn't going to turn you into a woman.

I pretty sure I wouldn't be the only one lamenting things if that happened.

[Now he tries to lean back a little onto the pillows and coax her to lie back with him. She's more relaxed now than she was just a few minutes ago, which is good, but he'd like to get that dream completely out of her mind if possible.]

Oh of course. Shu wouldn't know where to look, he'd be apologizing nonstop. [She grins again and relaxes back onto the pillows at Gai's urging.]

[... okay, now Gai is making a rather amusing face at that thought. DO NOT WANT. Being a girl would be bad enough, but being a girl and having Shu looking at him?]

On second thought, let's not think about this too hard.

[Elizabeth laughs again and turns to face Gai again.] Don't worry, Gai. I won't let you go without a fight. Maybe I'll hit Shu four times, just for you. [She mock-punches Gai in the stomach.]

[Gai can't help it-- now he starts laughing, not even bothering to squirm away from that play-punch. Instead, he slips his arms around her waist to pull her against him, then half-rolls over so that she's resting partially atop him. There, much better.]

With him, four times would be overkill. You would only need to hit him once and he'd immediately stop whatever he was doing and start apologizing to you.

[Elizabeth gives a little outraged scoff while she settles onto Gai's chest.] It's because I'm a woman, isn't it? Well, too bad for him I only know one sure-fire move that I use for everything, and it's a two-step thing.

No, it's because he'd do that to anyone. But remind me never to get on your bad side-- I don't want to find out what the second step of this two-step move is. I can already guess at the first.

How do you know the first one isn't the second? [She smiles and bounces her eyebrows at Gai knowingly.]

Good point. But if it's all the same to you, I'd rather not find out either way.

[... even if a part of him is morbidly curious.]

You won't find out. Not on a personal level. But you came very close that night on the beach when you pitched me onto my back.

[Gai huffs a quiet laugh.]

You can't say I don't know how to make an impression.

I can't. You nearly were up my skirt in the first hour we'd known each other. [She laughs and settles her head on Gai's shoulder.]

And for once, it wasn't on purpose.

[Maybe that had been his initial intention, but things had changed very quickly, and he's glad for it.

When she curls against him, he wraps his arms around her waist to secure her there, leaning his cheek against her hair.]

Like I would have let you. What do you take me for? A girl who rolls over for any pretty face? [She closes her eyes as she settles against Gai.]

I should hope not. That's part of what makes you so interesting.

[Good, she's relaxing, which is exactly what he'd been hoping for.]

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[She snorts softly.] You must know some very desperate women.

[Then, something occurs to her and she opens her eyes again.] What's Inori like?

[That's his cue to snort in return, amused.]

You have no idea.

[Admittedly, the question she asks next throws him for a momentary loop. While it's not unexpected, it is something he has to consider for a moment before answering.]

... almost the complete opposite of you. She's quiet, and for a long time she was willing to obey anything I said without question because I was the one who rescued her, gave her a name and a place in the world. Some people thought she was emotionless because she didn't express her feelings the same way most people do.

Did you like her? [The question isn't accusatory, it doesn't even sound like Elizabeth is worried about what Gai's response might be. She's just curious.]

I shouldn't have pried into your conversations with Shu, but I heard you say that she chose him. Implying that she could have, maybe, chosen you.

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