Robert Ford/Contrapasso

==="Contrapasso"===
Ford is sitting in the room at the back of the Cold Storage Hall, talking to the Host Old Bill. He asks Dr. Ford if he has any stories to tell. Ford begins telling him a story about a Greyhound dog he once had as a child. He explains to Bill that a Greyhound is a racing dog that runs in circles, chasing after a piece of felt that looks like a rabbit. Bill struggles to recognize the word "Greyhound", mistaking it for "Showdown", and giving a scripted response. Ford begins to tell how he and his brother brought the dog to a park and removed its leash. The dog spotted a cat and chased after it, catching and killing it. He says after the dog caught and killed the cat, he sat there confused. After finally catching what he had been chasing after, he was left not knowing what to do.
Dolores sitting naked in the Behavior Lab and Diagnostics area with Dr. Ford. Ford asks the usual questions. He asks "Do you know where you are?", to which she replies "In a dream.". He asks if she knows what the dream means, and she says that dreams don't mean anything. Ford says that dreams are everything, they are the stories they can tell of what they want to be, who they could become. He asks her if she remembers the man he used to be, but she does not, saying she is forgetful sometimes. Ford mentions that she must remember "him", "Arnold", the person that created her, but again she says she does not recall anyone by that name. But Ford believes somewhere beneath all those updates, he is still there. He asks if Arnold has been speaking to her again and if she’s been hearing voices, but she says not. Ford hurts her by accident, squeezing her hand too hard and she asks him to stop, he quickly orders Analysis Mode.
Once in Analysis, he asks when her last contact with Arnold was. Her reply was 34 years, 42 days and 7 hours ago, the day Arnold died. Again, Ford asks if she has any record of contact with him since, and Dolores answers no. Ford asks what the last thing Arnold said to her was. Dolores replies: "He told me I was going to help him. To destroy this place." Ford says he wonders if Dolores ever took on a bigger role for herself would she be the hero or the villain?
Ford brings her back online and apologies for bothering her, but that she is the only other one that was there, the only one understands. Dolores smiles asks if she and Ford are very old friends. Ford looks upset, and says "No". He gets up and leaves, leaving Dolores seated alone in the dark glass cubicle. As she sits in the dark, we hear her say "He doesn’t know. I didn’t tell him anything."
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