Thomas LigottiIndeed, Dr Haxhausen fought to preserve his freedom with very good reason, for he required a great deal of it–freedom, not reason–to pursue his plans for the future.
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Dr. Haxhausen has good reason to fear that he will lose his freedom if he tries to fight for it. The reason is that without that freedom, he would be unable to pursue his plans for the future. Dr.
Haxhausen has a lot of plans. The best way to tell what they are is by looking at the things he is doing now. He was making time capsules before he got arrested.
He had his last name tattooed on him before he left prison. He was studying the idea of the perfect society before the police came to arrest him once again.
Source: Noctuary
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