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“Yes.” You confirm again, thinking that perhaps it isn’t so much a hearing problem as a cognition one: this man seems to need to repeat most of what you say. If that’s the case, perhaps you can help him. If not, this conversation is going to take roughly 25% longer than it needs to. “We were created with a purpose and so were trained in it. I suppose you would call it raising, though that is far from accurate. We grew on our own.”
“ Are you experiencing difficulty understanding what I am telling you?” You finally ask, as he exclaims about your lineage. You say this without any sort of attitude or judgement, merely mild curiosity and aim for efficiency.
“Excellent. Please remove your clothes so I can complete your physical examination.” You say as if you were merely asking him to hand something to you, rather than strip down to his underwear. Reaching into your bag you produce something vaguely ‘V’ shaped, with a circle at the bottom connected by a piece of tubing.
This is where you might have frowned to show your disappointment, but instead of that you merely write that subject Loren x1859310-1bb has trouble articulating his experiences. Whether this is a result of memory loss or cognitive interference, or, whether this is a result of some other trauma is unknown. As he mentions not knowing what matter is, you glance up looking pleased. ‘Humour?’ You ask, thinking that it must be. Everyone knows what matters is.
Elaborate.” You say. Others might have said, Oh interesting, care to say more? You of course skip all that. You don’t particularly care if he wants to say more; you want to hear it.
“ Are you experiencing difficulty understanding what I am telling you?” You finally ask, as he exclaims about your lineage. You say this without any sort of attitude or judgement, merely mild curiosity and aim for efficiency.
“Excellent. Please remove your clothes so I can complete your physical examination.” You say as if you were merely asking him to hand something to you, rather than strip down to his underwear. Reaching into your bag you produce something vaguely ‘V’ shaped, with a circle at the bottom connected by a piece of tubing.
This is where you might have frowned to show your disappointment, but instead of that you merely write that subject Loren x1859310-1bb has trouble articulating his experiences. Whether this is a result of memory loss or cognitive interference, or, whether this is a result of some other trauma is unknown. As he mentions not knowing what matter is, you glance up looking pleased. ‘Humour?’ You ask, thinking that it must be. Everyone knows what matters is.
Elaborate.” You say. Others might have said, Oh interesting, care to say more? You of course skip all that. You don’t particularly care if he wants to say more; you want to hear it.
of course it's exhausting, having to reason all
the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.
the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.
