[Simmons has reverted to her seven-year-old self and fled to her childhood bedroom]
[Observing the posters on the wall] Well, you're just destined for the sciences, aren't you?
I'm going to be a biologist and study cuttlefish. They can change their skin colors with chromatophores.
You're gonna do a lot more than that. Do you know who I am? [She nods] Well, then, you know that I'm a friend, so why did you run away? Why did you come here?
This is where I learn the stars, memorize my chem tables, and work out problems in my head.
What kind of problems in your head?
All kinds. My dreams float up to the stars, and my troubles are locked up tight in the music box.
Well, that's a nice little system. Is there anything troubling you now?
[Holds a book] This one! Read me this one.
Okay. You want me to read you a bedtime story? You know, I-I think I should probably take you out of here, because this might be the madness that she [Atarah] was talking...
[Screams] Daddy! The strange man in my room wants to abduct me and take me...
Shh-shh Shut your Shhhhhh. I'll read you the story. For the love of Pete...
It's about a boy and his imaginary friend that are lost in the stars.
Is it, now? What's it called? [Sees that it is the Darkhold] That's not a good book. That's a bad book, bad story, very poorly written.
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