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[marcato]

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[marcato]

I wouldn't call us friends. We've only spoken once.

What are you treating her for?

[doctorize]

Now now, I can't tell you that. Doctor-patient confidentiality is a pretty sacred part of being a therapist, you know?

[marcato]

Of course.

What can you tell me about her besides her illness?

[doctorize]

Oh, she's intelligent, and extraordinarily gifted. You should see some of the amazing things that she can create with just a needle and thread...

[Like say... sewing up the corpses of her parents to be joined together! It's a great work of art.]

And then there are her eyes: a deep and dark blue, like looking into the depths of a bottomless lake... they have such a calm and fascinating appeal to them. They're peepers that are alive... and yet, they're frozen, as if trapped in death.... they're simply wonderful...

[... This conversation might have gotten away from him now, um.]

[marcato]

[If Aunamee weren't aware of Daniel's predilections, this would've been enough to stagger him, knock him off balance, freeze his thoughts. But he knows what his past looks like. He knows the origin of his obsessions.

And so he doesn't even blink.]

How marvelous. Perhaps the three of us can spend time together in the future.

[doctorize]

[That sounds... oddly domestic somehow. Which is not a thought Danny has had very often about anything before. Hmm.]

That would be wonderful. I think she would enjoy your company very much.