#alienist obsessed

[laszlobruhl]

Mrs. Williams: Of all the stories I told you when I was your patient, which ones wormed their way into your mind, kept you up at night?

Oh, come, doctor. I don’t believe you were completely unmoved. 

Laszlo: I found your accounts of men’s vulnerabilities in particular interesting. 

Mrs. Williams: My accounts of men’s vulnerabilities? 

Laszlo: I recognized my own weakness, and it gave me pleasure.

Mrs. Williams: Then there’s your answer. If your friend enjoys inflicting wounds, there’s a good chance he has wounds of his own. The cripple in him is looking for the cripple in another. 

Laszlo: Forgive me madam. Thank you for your help. 

What stories did she tell that kept Laszlo up at night. Why is he so intimidated by her? Why is it, this woman can talk to him, that even he lowers his head for her?

How I wished to be with the therapy sessions of this woman.

[laszlobruhl]

John: "Did you know the child?"

Laszlo: "Not this one. Do you have the drawings?"