Wait, I just realised something. The ‘you don’t even have a dog’ comment is aimed towards Grace as a method of persuading him to go, as well as sort of reminding him how selfish he’s being.
Grace is (self) described as Stratt’s ‘little science lapdog’
He’s her dog. Not just in the sense of, him following her around, but he’s her dog. He’s her tether to the world. The excuse that she has. He’s the one thing that would make someone pause when considering her fate. She didn’t let anyone else get close enough. He was the only one who really saw her as human.
she sent him away, and in doing so, she sent away the only thing left that was stopping the same thing happening to her.
‘You don’t even have a dog’
and what about you, Stratt? What about when the world turns on you? He’s your dog, he’s your excuse.
What’s stopping them now?













