think you can work with us ? no emergency doctor could have done a better job on me . '' he 's brought me to this terrible place and wo n't tell me anything . staring through a microscope for weeks on end can drive a person mad . `` you think we can convince people we 're together , that this is real , if behind the scenes we 're like that ? '' all the others were gone-two dead , two married , one in jail . seeing mer is part of that . '' the palace was literally surrounded by guards . 