"Really Dr. Freud?"

"Couldn't resist. We will need to cover your relationship as a whole, but first let's go over recent events."

"There are at least 3 different things in play here 2 of which are important and 1 of which is real. The conversation you feel like you had, the conversation your dad thinks you had, and the actual words, and facial expressions, psychic overlays etc., that literally actually happened."

"I'm going to be taking notes with my black box, it's typically considered bad practice to directly show those to the patient. But I don't know how much you actually control it. I'm assuming it's semi-autonomous, like breathing?"

"Ok, so in reverse chronological order let's go over what happened. I'm hoping to get at the ground truth, but sorting that out is my job. Just tell me what you remember as best you can."

"I got bored so cleaned up a bit and rearranged your books by alphabetical order."

I need to put them back in genre grouping, and detune her guitar next time I'm in Quebec.

"Before that I was at the IGA where Marie the cashier requested I convey that your presence is desired in Sherbrooke and implicitly at her new band's upcoming premiere.

Also I brought you some booshing, untaxed cigarettes and some coffee crisps."

"Good, I was worried you brute forced a teleport.

Are they good, that band?"

"I can go anyway if Quebec fits in the schedule. Let's continue working backwards from IGA."

"I had dismissed my father, don't panic please."

"I had to be safe the first time, but obviously using English gives you emotional distance. That's part of why you are speaking it now even though my French *comprehension* is pretty good.

Now you were explaining how your father left."

"I closed the summons. It was French but your comprehension is *moderate*, so I extinguished the cig I used to make the smoke circle and said something like:

The flame of my summons is extinguished.

Our business is complete.

I have received the news I sought.

You have received the fruits of the mortal world.

As you came in peace take your payment and go in peace.

The way is open."

Tabernacle saying her vibe casting is going to get someone killed or worse is like saying that raising the tobacco duty is going to reduce net revenue and lead to gang wars.

"When you say you said you in French?"

"Vous, but it was in a ritual context."

"It does sound thaumaturgically viable."

I want to peel her mind apart like an onion almost as much as I want to show her what it's like to be the one in the wood chipper.

"That is creepy as and I'll steal your maid Jax if you try. I'm not reading your mind right now I just know you well enough to guess what that extra deep puff means."

Christ she's smart.

Oh, our swears are mixing.

So cute ♠️

"I hate you too tutz, but let's save the flirting and get back to the ritual and its circumstances."

"He had said I need a shrink, and I think he might be right but he also wasn't taking me seriously in the convo or giving me space when I asked. So when he kept pushing instead of doing anything reasonable I snapped a little."

...

"A little?"