ic contact.

[heartlessglitch]

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED CONTACT WITH DANGER.

I AM CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE A CONCISE MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.

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[heartlessglitch]

[ that's something to consider. the knowledge gets filed away, after she dwells for a moment. ]

Tell me what you wish for me to do. By my assessment, there is very little I can offer you, Doctor, except perhaps acknowledgment of what happened to you.

[slightlyoffchilt]

What is it that you'd be willing to do, for me?

[heartlessglitch]

Do you wish to see me?

[slightlyoffchilt]

[A beat.] Do you wish to be seen by me?

Would you come?

[heartlessglitch]

I did not inquire as a theoretical exercise, Doctor.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Where would you see me? Home seems so mundane.

[heartlessglitch]

One might think you would prefer the safety of the mundane at this point. But I am amenable to your preference.

[slightlyoffchilt]

It would be ill-advised to hide, even in small ways. Breeds a pattern.

[heartlessglitch]

By my own assessment, your physical capacity has been lowered and you are emotionally compromised. I would consider it strategic to take time to recuperate.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Oh, I am emotionally compromised? Me?

-- The loss of organ isn't going to get better, I'm afraid, there's nothing to do about physical capacity.

[heartlessglitch]

Perhaps I should clarify that, despite the way you have treated me since the day we met, I making an effort to be helpful to you. And I am not the one who attempted to take your life.

I might suggest you reserve your hostility for someone else, unless you have decided that you do not wish to see me after all.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Are you angry because I'm angry? We are cycling anger, is that what we're doing?

[heartlessglitch]

I am irritable because you are irritating. I find the situation as a whole rather aggravating, though I continue to attempt to manage these circumstances with some semblance of logic.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Would you describe yourself as... Emotionally compromised?

[heartlessglitch]

I am emotionally invested. Despite all better reason.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Describe it to me. Your feelings.

[heartlessglitch]

I would prefer it if you would not divert this conversation towards my feelings. After all, I am not the one who has recently been traumatized.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And what does it matter, if I was traumatized? What difference does it make? I'm still here, discussing topics with you.

[heartlessglitch]

I defer to your psychiatric expertise, Doctor, but in my own opinion, you sound very much like an individual in denial.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And what. Does it matter. To you?

[heartlessglitch]

It matters. Is that not enough?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I want to know why. I cannot help it.

[heartlessglitch]

Do you require me to validate you, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

It's not validation. It's a valid question.

[heartlessglitch]

Perhaps it would be easier for you to cope if you would analyze yourself with half the scrutiny that you analyze others.