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

[slightlyoffchilt]

Far be it for me to suggest otherwise. I simply have encountered so little evidence to the contrary.

[heartlessglitch]

I find our relationship to be many things, but romantic is not currently one of them.
Therefore, there is very little logical reason to offer you evidence in that capacity.
It is irrelevant to our circumstances.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I'm your psychiatrist, I should be privy to your romantic inclinations or what have you.

[heartlessglitch]

What suggests to you that I presently have any to inform you of?

[slightlyoffchilt]

You have evident emotions towards Abel Gideon. Are those authentically platonic?

[heartlessglitch]

[ a calculating pause ]

Given his past history, I feel that our relationship would be at risk if it were anything but authentically platonic.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You and I both know you're not entirely risk-averse, Danger. It isn't easy to deflect your psychiatrist, mind.

[heartlessglitch]

My feelings are platonic.

[ flat. almost confrontational. but possibly a lie. she may not even be entirely sure herself. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

All right, so you have minimal experience in courtship, is what you're saying?

[Aha.]

[heartlessglitch]

I courted Madison Jeffries for some time.

[ so... yes. minimal experience. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

That turned out excellently, I see.

[heartlessglitch]

He loved me.
So I do not consider the endeavor to be entirely fruitless.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Loved. Past tense. Would he love you now?

[heartlessglitch]

That calls for speculation.
Is there a point to all this, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Was there a point to sparing some girl talk with Kate?

[heartlessglitch]

She requested my insight in regards to her investigation.
I offered it.
Minimally.
In fact, she primarily expressed concern for me.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Ah, she does that. Assumes people can't take care of themselves.

[heartlessglitch]

Perhaps when one is often the victim of mutilation by murderers, such an assumption is appropriate.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I was victim only to one person. And he was victim to someone else.

[heartlessglitch]

He was your victim first.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Did I mutilate him?

[heartlessglitch]

In a manner of speaking.

[slightlyoffchilt]

A mistake is hardly intentional.

[A mistake, he claims.]

[heartlessglitch]

Yet the damage is done.

[slightlyoffchilt]

There's a reason why intention is measured in our punitive legal system, Danger. Damage or not.