[House can tell Will has retreated into his head for a moment, though the doctor isn't sure of the reason for it. He leaves it be until the ex-profiler returns. At the question, House just shrugs.]
We got from a dream chat with the collective early on that the Admin's one part of something bigger. I think she's probably the most visible portion of the AI system in the town. My guess would be whatever else it is, is our rogue AI puppeting her when it needs to. I'm not sure there's much outside this town, whether Norfinbury's some augmented reality or actual reality. Any humans that are still alive are probably underground and have better things to do than actively run an experiment like this.
[ That was something that Will realized he hadn't entirely considered. He kept focusing on the missiles striking Norfinbury, with the idea that life had gone on as usual outside the town's borders.
But what if it was Norfinbury that had ended up frozen and protected.
[ Will knew that he had given up there at the end. He could try to spin it any number of ways but when it was boiled down to it's bare essence, he had given up trying to fight Hannibal, trying to fight for the ability to live without him.
It was why he saw himself as a failure, where someone like House still had his purpose and his place. ]
Hope is a dangerous emotion. You have to guard it fiercely and be prepared to face the vulnerability it brings to your life.
Of course you are. [ Will fired back, standing firm in the face of that defensive expression. ]
Not for yourself, exactly but you're hopeful for solving the puzzle.
Hope isn't sunshine and koombahyah. Like what that kid Al keeps spouting. Hope is tenacity, like what Ginger lives. It is looking at the impossible and saying 'no, you won't defeat me'.
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We got from a dream chat with the collective early on that the Admin's one part of something bigger. I think she's probably the most visible portion of the AI system in the town. My guess would be whatever else it is, is our rogue AI puppeting her when it needs to. I'm not sure there's much outside this town, whether Norfinbury's some augmented reality or actual reality. Any humans that are still alive are probably underground and have better things to do than actively run an experiment like this.
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But what if it was Norfinbury that had ended up frozen and protected.
After a moment, Will actually smiled. ]
What a kick it would be to join that struggle.
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Hey, I'm going home to certain death. The odds of surviving a hundred foot cliff dive isn't high.
[ He paused and then shrugged. ]
Maybe there's a small part of me that's woken up and could enjoy a good struggle against some alien forces, rather than death.
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Beckett had a similar revelation, as I recall. It made him a lot less boring to talk to a while back.
[Tenacity is something House has always respected, the refusal to give up in the face of impossible odds. That is his career and his life.]
And just as long as they're actual aliens and not magical, mythical beings from Beyond the Stars.
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It was why he saw himself as a failure, where someone like House still had his purpose and his place. ]
Hope is a dangerous emotion. You have to guard it fiercely and be prepared to face the vulnerability it brings to your life.
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I'm not hopeful.
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Not for yourself, exactly but you're hopeful for solving the puzzle.
Hope isn't sunshine and koombahyah. Like what that kid Al keeps spouting. Hope is tenacity, like what Ginger lives. It is looking at the impossible and saying 'no, you won't defeat me'.
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Spite and tenacity aren't synonyms for hope. I double-checked my thesaurus the other day.
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Meanie. [ It was a childish term, but he was grinning. ] Tell me to lay off, but then give me such good material.
[ But he was laying off. ]
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