i came away feeling more certain that elizabeth is calculated and benefits from offloading accountability to partners who like to control her. its a symbiotic relationship. something i've learned about unclear communication: true accidental vagueness usually cuts both ways. someone who’s just bad at words will often be unclear in ways that cost them, but her words always kept her in the light - that asymmetry is how you tell that she is deliberate in what she says. her sentences have always been technically true but arranged to mislead, which is why she can tell herself that she has never lied before.