- It’s the oddest thing, Miss Ives.  My whole life I thought I was bound to live with exceptionality.  I was not like my brothers.  I was resolutely this… disjointed thing, this freakish thing.  So I came to celebrate what uniqueness I had.

- And now?

- I wear a flower!  I find lo and behold, I’m just like everyone else.

- Then I’m glad for you.

- My cousin and I… it’s not without its complications.  That’s what they call the workings inside watches.  Did you know that?  The intricate gears and mechanisms.  Complications.

- Then enjoy them Doctor.  They will tick away no matter what we do.

 

--- “Penny Dreadful”, Conversation between Vanessa Ives and Victor Frankenstein