The telltale noise of the "scarecrow" shambling just outside is nearly as harrowing as hearing the doctor walk in. (Really, what could either of them do to him at this point that hasn't already been done?) Even giving it a nickname hasn't made the monster any less terrifying.

Where the beanpole man is, Iwamine is sure to follow, and if the doctor's eyes are on him, then he can protect what he needs to protect.

It's a weird and almost cyclical logic (never mind that it makes no sense here.

There's something almost alarmingly tender about the way he puts a wing to her forehead before he takes a marker to to her to line out incision.