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.

Comments

[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.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I am not convinced that such a measure is necessary, in fact, it seems more like a distraction. I have work to attend to, Danger, some of which involves you.

[heartlessglitch]

I am disinclined to allow you to work with me when you have yet to attend to yourself.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You are holding yourself hostage from me?

[heartlessglitch]

I am strongly encouraging that you do not disregard your own mental condition, Doctor.

[slightlyoffchilt]

There are no other imPort psychiatrists here. Presently.

[heartlessglitch]

One might assume then, that the mental health of the single imPort psychiatrist might be of some relative importance.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I can't possibly trust any other psychiatric insight. My experience as an imPort is unique, is my point.

[heartlessglitch]

You are being unnecessarily stubborn. Do humans not intuitively wish to look after themselves?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I am looking after myself. It is your lack of knowledge about me that surely miscalculates such an assumption.

[heartlessglitch]

I find it offensive that you would accuse me of miscalculation. But perhaps that is irrelevant, as you are neither my patient nor my responsibility.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I was being generous, too.

[heartlessglitch]

[ a tense pause, before she asks a bit tersely: ]

What do you want from me, Doctor? [ another beat, before she amends: ] Or should I be asking what you need?

[slightlyoffchilt]

My position afford me far more acidic a tongue. [He winces -- talks of tongue still made him uneasy, even those self-inflicted. #thanksHannibal] I am not sure what I need, Danger, as I seem well taken care of.

[heartlessglitch]

Then are you antagonizing me for your amusement? I had assumed you were simply seeking an emotional outlet.