I am glad she is there, what she is offering him emotionally and mentally is the support he needed most after all the trauma. No matter how condescending she behaves. To let go of some of the obsession, there is more to life than what he is now.
Underneath it all has a real vicious streak to him the way he tortures his characters. Refreshing to say the least to see the mains get beaten down to the bone so often.
much appreciated