I have nothing but time, and we both know that if I don't take advantage of the time I have with you now--! [Elizabeth didn't expect that constant, haunting thought to come out. How much time did she have left to be friends with Booker? Until he disappeared, or she rewrote everything and separated them possibly forever.]

[She looks down, feeling a lump forming in her throat.] If I don't take advantage of the time I have with you now, if we're separated at the end... it already hurts to think about.

[She swallows and fidgets with her thimble, unable to meet Booker's eyes.] Aren't we friends, at least? Shouldn't I be here, if you're upset? [The puppy, the faint smiles Booker had been giving her, she'd thought they were all indications that they were friends. Why did he want her to leave him alone?]