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Originally Posted by issybird
Did Magnus knowingly encourage Dick to take the potion, knowing it was a paralytic? Perhaps as a means either of asserting final control in his battle for Dick or else out of love?
I found this comment in Dick's last trip to be suggestive.
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Was Dick's unconscious revealing to him what Magnus actually did? Was this the link to Roger?
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I didn't get the impression that Magnus was anything more than careless with the drug. I think the lack of Magnus's physical presence in the early stages speaks for a lack of sinister or possessive intentions. It never seemed to me that Magnus felt threatened by Vita; there was no battle - for his part - it was as if she was of no consequence to him. On the other hand ... I guess we do have Dick thinking over moving to America, so perhaps there was intended to be some concern from Magnus. It wasn't apparent to me, but as you say, that quote from Roger is quite suggestive.
Maybe the suggestion is only that Magnus's drug has come from a recipe that Roger left somewhere in the old part of the house. Perhaps we are supposed to note: "How to make men dream and conjure visions,[...]", without assuming poison and murder. Or maybe she wanted to keep us guessing.