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DR. GREYSON No, no, of course not. Let’ s just … start again, from the beginning, ok?
HAZEL SHADE Ok.
DR. GREYSON
Now, I don’ t want to put words in your mouth, but it seems like you’ re telling me that after your attempted suicide, you created this alter ego- this Charles Kinbote- as a coping mechanism in response to your social isolation and general unhappiness.
HAZEL SHADE Yes.
DR. GREYSON
And you lived among your family as this … man? Or, at least, you played an elaborate game of pretend, recorded this experience, then smoothed over all the inconsistencies in a fictitious commentary?
HAZEL SHADE
DR. GREYSON No, no, of course not. Let’ s just … start again, from the beginning, ok?
HAZEL SHADE Ok.
DR. GREYSON
Now, I don’ t want to put words in your mouth, but it seems like you’ re telling me that after your attempted suicide, you created this alter ego- this Charles Kinbote- as a coping mechanism in response to your social isolation and general unhappiness.
HAZEL SHADE Yes.
DR. GREYSON
And you lived among your family as this … man? Or, at least, you played an elaborate game of pretend, recorded this experience, then smoothed over all the inconsistencies in a fictitious commentary?