[She doesn't notice him, not at all. Instead she stares at her double, frantic terror clear in her expression.
If I get caught, it's going to be a very long time before we see each other! Robert says, and it's almost comical how he's shifting his weight from foot to foot, physical in his fear.]
You will not get caught, I promise! Now come!
[You can't promise me that! Rosalind makes a wordless noise of frustration.
Beyond the two of them, the argument is getting ever louder. The deal is off! the alcoholic roars, struggling to take the infant back, and Robert seems to sense the way it's escalating, because in one quick movement he finally leaps through the portal.
Shut the machine down, the bearded man bellows, stumbling and yanking at the infant in his arms. He falls back through the portal, safe in Rosalind's lab. Shut it down, shut it down right now--
Give me back my daughter! the alcoholic bellows, but it's too late: Rosalind has turned, following that order breathlessly, and with a whine the machine shuts down. Impossibly, Valjean is in the lab now, teleported to Rosalind's side as the portal begins to close.]
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If I get caught, it's going to be a very long time before we see each other! Robert says, and it's almost comical how he's shifting his weight from foot to foot, physical in his fear.]
You will not get caught, I promise! Now come!
[You can't promise me that! Rosalind makes a wordless noise of frustration.
Beyond the two of them, the argument is getting ever louder. The deal is off! the alcoholic roars, struggling to take the infant back, and Robert seems to sense the way it's escalating, because in one quick movement he finally leaps through the portal.
Shut the machine down, the bearded man bellows, stumbling and yanking at the infant in his arms. He falls back through the portal, safe in Rosalind's lab. Shut it down, shut it down right now--
Give me back my daughter! the alcoholic bellows, but it's too late: Rosalind has turned, following that order breathlessly, and with a whine the machine shuts down. Impossibly, Valjean is in the lab now, teleported to Rosalind's side as the portal begins to close.]