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| >The Doctor than smiled, and sat down when he saw that everybody had written down their own words.
"Now, as peculiar as this sounds, I don't want you to show me the words. I want you to look at eachother, and explain to eachother what the words mean to you without saying the words themselves. Aethia, you will start. Explain why those words explain you best, without saying the words themselves."
>He had a kind but curious smile, as if he really truly wanted to help.

| "Well...I've always chased after the way things should be in my head and perhaps to a degree always had this sort of..distorted view of the world around me also. I'll admit it. I've never truly suffered before. I've never gone without. I've never starved a day in my life."
> Aethia began thoughtfully.
"If I needed something I could just obtain it either through my own efforts or existing resources. Because of that...I guess you could say I've never really seen the world properly."

| "Instead I see the world in my distorted rosie view and when I see something that doesn't match up I try to fix it. Not for my own sake, but for others....even...if they never asked me to. Because I guess I put more priority in what I think is right regardless of whether or not anyone agrees."

| "Okay...Maybe it is more for my sake."

| "Hmm... Well I can tell you that I have no idea where the kindness comes from... Probably from my early twenties where I was doing the dirty work... I must have felt that since I killed people I had to show some form of good emotions. Horrible I think you know what thats about... The killings and all and perverted is just something that stuck with since the hole in the girl's locker room back in high school."

| >Dr. Marley put his fingertips up against his other hand's fingertips, nodding as he listened to Aethia and Graham speak. He smiled when Aethia spoke.
"Very good Aethia. That was very good."
>He then turned to Graham.
"Er, well, you weren't supposed to actually say the words. You were moreso supposed to explain the words themselves in regards to you, not explain where they came from. Would you mind explaining the words themselves one more time?"
>He smiled to Evelyn.
"Your turn."

| >Evelyn looked at Marley. Then at the words. Over at Aethia, then again at the words.
"I have trust issues, and she's the only person I can properly trust. If she so much as gets grazed lightly, I'll lose sleep over it. Perhaps I was robbed of something as a child, or maybe I just hate losing people. Loss is one thing that carries far too much weight for me."
>She taps her robotic eye.
"I'd risk anything not to lose sonething again at this point."
>She looked down sadly.

| > Aethia upon hearing that moves over to hug Evelyn.
"I'll keep that in mind going forward. Not that I intended to put myself in any danger to begin with."
> Aethia smiled hoping to raise Evelyn's spirit.

| "I see."
>The Doctor smiled.
"Aethia, why do you think Evelyn looks at you in this way?"

>He then turned to Graham.

"And what exactly is your relationship with Aethia, if I may ask?"

| >Evelyn's eyes widen when Aethia hugs her. She wasn't used to any sort of affection, and more used to being punched or shot at. She was blushing a bit, but not too noticeably so.
"Thanks Miss. I owe you a bit too much at this point."
>She smiles warmheartedly, reflecting on her past with Aethia.

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"O-Oh... We are just friends!"
>He blushes heavily.
"I don't talk to enough to heras I should though... But she's a very busy lady."

| "Why I never assumed you were anything more than friends. I was simply going to ask how a CEO and a hitman met, although I suppose in this political jungle that's not an out of the ordinary scenario..."
>The Doctor said as he somewhat trailed off.
"Anyway, now that we are done with this brief introduction, I would like to conduct another thought experiment. I want you to turn the whiteboards over, to the reflective sides, and look at yourselves. Stare into your own eyes."

| "Now. I am going to ask a series of questions. I want you all to answer these questions on a scale of 0 to 9, with 0 meaning you strongly disagree and 9 meaning you strongly agree. I want you to continue to look at yourselves as you answer these questions. And do not worry, this will not take long, and I will not skip anybody's turn."

| >The Doctor smiled as he held a datapad and a pencil, ready to take notes.
"First scenario. You would consider yourself an actively extroverted person. Remember, answer between 0 and 9, 0 being disagree, 9 being agree."

| "four..."
>Graham replied

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"Well...We've been close for a while. I think I hired her a bit early into my attempts to start White Lightning as a business. She's been a loyal bodyguard since the day I hired her and a great friend since I met her."
> Aethia replied with a soft sheepish shrug. She seemed a little gloomy all of a sudden...Had she been taking Evelyn's feelings for granted? The atmosphere about her seemed to shift more toward this gloom the more she thought. (1/2)

| > Aethia turned to look at her reflection after flipping the board around and shrugged softly at the question in thought.
"...Mmm...Five."

| >Evelyn smiled a bit, being fully confident in her answer.
"Eight. For sure."
>However Aethia being distraught killed that mood quickly. If she was sad, Evelyn got worried.

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| >The Doctor took notes on what they said.
"Okay, good. now I will ask more questions. Continue answering as you did before.
>The questions went by quickly.
"Would you see yourself as introverted person?"
"Would you ever get married?"
"Would you ever kill out of self defense?"
"Would you ever get angry and break something?
"Are you a pretty happy person?"
"Have you ever considered suicide?"
At the end of it all, one final question.
"Do you think this therapy has been helpful?"

| "Seven, eight, ten, eight, four...."
>Graham ponders the question for a bit.
"Four..."
>He mutters.

| (Occ: add a ten for the suicide thing)

| >Aethia gazed at herself in the reflection while rubbing the back of her neck.
"...Six, Ten, Five, Four, Six, One. Five."
>Aethia smiled sheepishly.
"I feel as if we've just begun so I can't really answer with certainty whether or not it is helpful--but it has given me room to think about necessary things...Hm. I will change my last answer to six."

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| "Two."
"Nine."
"Ten."
"Ten."
"Six."
"One. I've too much to live for."
"Three. I didn't come here for help really. Just for Aethia. Also we've only just started, I'd like a bit more things to work with here."
>Evelyn still held the pen in her mouth. She was dying for a smoke, but she was stuck inside. At least Aethia was here.

| >Dr. Marley recorded the results and feedback from each person.

| (Hit send too early)
>He smiled when he recorded these results, and then set his pen and datapad down.
"So. Why did you come here today? What exactly are we all hoping to get out of this appointment? What is the problem?"

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| "I imagined it'd just be good mental hygene to appear after what I've gone through...and maybe I needed to reevaluate myself both objectively and subjectively."
>Aethia replied before looking up at the doctor.
"I'm also here because Graham needed someone to come with him. I really wanted him to get help and seeing as participation was the price for this exchange...Well I thought that might be the least I could do."

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>Aethia smiled toward Graham after speaking.

| "Don't feel bad about not getting a chance to speak with me, you've been suffering a lot lately and doing a lot yourself."

| "R-Right..."
>Graham blushes and looks down at the floor then down at the bandages on his arm...
"What Aethia said...."

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