"Isn't that the beauty of illusions? How real they feel?" The mocking smirk could be heard through his voice as he taunted him. The reaction that he was drawing out of her was beautiful, and he wanted to see just how much he could exploit it.
Unfortunately for her, he was able to play along and sound absolutely sure of himself.
"What's real for you? Is this real, or is it a nightmare? Can you really tell the difference?"
He paused, as if he had just heard something even if the only sound in the room was that ticking clock that seemed to echo throughout the room. Tick tock, tick tock. "Do you hear that?" Crane's voice switched from the mocking tone to one more serious to not leave any room for doubt. "Do you hear her?"