Try to pretend, for a moment, that despite a lifetime of paranoia, you have usually not been distrustful enough to save yourself from torture.
Now. Does someone who is specifically trained to get you to lower your guard when you least want to sound like someone you'd be comfortable with? Someone you'd like to be purposefully vulnerable around?
It's not when you least want to, it's supposed to be something you pick because you know you need help. Nobody comes to doctors when they're healthy, it's when you've got a crushed leg and you're out of your mind with how much it hurts.
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[ Glad we can be adults about this, indeed. ]
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Try to pretend, for a moment, that despite a lifetime of paranoia, you have usually not been distrustful enough to save yourself from torture.
Now. Does someone who is specifically trained to get you to lower your guard when you least want to sound like someone you'd be comfortable with? Someone you'd like to be purposefully vulnerable around?
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Doctors are Vidona. Pain is just another tool to put people's minds where they belong.
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You realize that most worlds on the Barge have doctors take an oath that is "first, do no harm"?
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[The barge being largely staffed with volunteers who keep their off-duty options open.]
Enough?
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Let me try a different angle.
James. Do you believe I am insufficiently motivated to graduate?
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Is the alternative going back, or just staying here?
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