Joseph cleared his throat and put his hands on his hips, he cast his gaze around the room, anywhere, to avoid looking at Adam, he couldn’t help but present a smirk of disbelief, [i]he was and had not, committed to anyone[/i], he looked back to the surgeon, “Rhea is always jealous!” he hissed in a whisper, “normal men” Joseph scoffed, “you mean the kind that lock her up?” he said, alluding to the fact that all the so-called good and proper normal men - her father, fiancé and Bedlam doctors - had done her harm. After his advice, Adam went on to suggest that Joseph should get rid of her, and he knew what that suggestion implied, he wondered if this was Adam’s somewhat detached medical mind that reared it’s head from time to time - like putting a sick animal down right? A bolt between the eyes? Joseph said nothing, but watched as the surgeon made his leave, the guy was scary sometimes.

He wasn’t sure what he could do, he wasn’t entirely sure what she needed, well, [i]she seemed to need him[/i], that wasn’t something he could provide for her all of the time, though.

He was back to biting his thumb, looking at Elissa and considering the scene that had just played out, she began to stir and he ceased the anxious behaviour and instead folded his arms across his chest, “Adam did” Joseph stated, “I think you were having a nightmare or something, you know, about…the place” he explained quietly, gesturing with a hand.