Robert: \"I imagine you view this as vindication of your theory.\" Rosalind: \"I take no joy in her failure.\" Robert: \"One must give her an \"A\" for effort…\" Rosalind: \"But an \"F\" on results.\" Robert: \"You give her no credit for good intention?\" Rosalind: \"The Universe does not grade on a curve. It's strictly pass/fail.\" Robert: \"Surely its better to have died trying.\" Rosalind: \"Better trying not to die.\"
*** Robert: \"And what now becomes of the girl?\" Rosalind: \"A burial at sea I suppose.\" Robert: \"I was referring to the child.\" Rosalind: \"Why ask questions you don't wish to hear the answer to?\" Robert: \"You mean…\" Rosalind: \"Enslavement, exploitation, extermination.\" Robert: \"There must be some hope for her.\" Rosalind: \"If it helps you to believe so brother, then I shall not be the one to disillusion you.\"
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Rosalind: \"Though there's little to like in this Atlas fellow, one must admire the lilt in his brogue.\" Robert: \"I do commend this recent effort of yours to find the good in people.\" Rosalind: \"Sadly, it's all a lie.\" Robert: \"The effort?\" Rosalind: \"The accent.\" Robert: \"I don't suppose there's much about the man that's authentic.\" Rosalind: \"He's authentically homicidal.\" Robert: \"And you view this as a positive?\" Rosalind: \"Well, one has to start somewhere.\"
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Rosalind: \"A disagreeable fellow, this Suchong.\" Robert: \"That's surprising, I'd imagine he'd be right up your street.\" Rosalind: \"Hmph. I feel dirty sharing a universe with the man.\" Robert: \"How poorly we see our own traits in others.\" Rosalind: \"What do you mean?\" Robert: \"You both see the world through a lens of science.\" Rosalind: \"And what's wrong with that?\" Robert: \"Ask young Ms. Comstock.\" Rosalind: \"I would, but I don't suppose she's in any position to answer.\" *** Robert: \"She's gone for good now.\" Rosalind: \"She knew her ticket to Rapture was a one-way proposition.\" Robert: \"You can warn people not to collapse a quantum superposition but do they ever really listen?\" Rosalind: \"So ends the DeWitt- Comstock line.\" Robert: \"Don't let your grief overwhelm you, sister.\" Rosalind: \"One could believe a mission is doomed to failure… and wish sincerely that it wasn't. Hopes, like quantum superpositions, have a tendency to collapse.\"