She loves him very much: Eliot hears it in her voice, sees it in her eyes, notices the way she rubs at the band on her finger whenever her words grow heavy with emotion. He’s familiar with the feeling.
Just to be polite, he finishes off his cup of tea and assures her that there’s no need for more. He’ll only be a minute, seeing as how Martin hasn’t been home for a long time now.
She asks him again how he knows her husband and Eliot weaves a beautiful story for her about how he wasn’t a student but audited a course out of curiosity: Professor Stein changed his life (a lie) and he intends to find him (the truth).
“Thank you, Ms. Stein - Clarissa, it’s been a pleasure speaking with you.”
Even though Eliot leaves the house empty-handed, he’s not without a lead. Everything always comes back to S.T.A.R. Labs.
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