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[notrosecolored]

Call, text, action all go here

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[hippie_ninja]

I'll take it.

[He had worried it was something traumatic. Traumatic changes are usually short lived and violent. He needs something enduring.]

[notrosecolored]

All right. What was the answer you wouldn't take?

[hippie_ninja]

That it was one major event. A recent one, anyway.

[notrosecolored]

[ Well, the good news is that he is absolutely not an idiot and he understands quickly. ]

You were making sure I'm acting, not being reactive? Not often. When I am it's about me, not about plans.

[hippie_ninja]

What are you like when you are being reactive? How big are your expressions?

[notrosecolored]

It depends. What am I reacting to, who else is involved, what are the risks?

[ Dry and amused. ]

[hippie_ninja]

Someone kills someone on your team. Or a lover. The plan is at stake. What do you do?

[notrosecolored]

Adapt the plan to their absence.

That's not an individual scenario, Paul, it's a team one.

[hippie_ninja]

[He nods. It is.]

How do you handle loss?

[notrosecolored]

[Why did he invite this guy to question him? ]

I don't.

[hippie_ninja]

You mean you don't lose?

[notrosecolored]

No, I mean I don't deal with it when I do.

[ Dry and wry and self-depreciating. ]

[hippie_ninja]

Well you'd fit right in at home.

I'm guessing there weren't grief resources where you're from?

[notrosecolored]

My telepathic wife is a psychologist.

[ Sort of. Then there was Charles. ]

There's just no time for healthy coping when your survival is actually in question. Which I'm sure you get.

[hippie_ninja]

Your wife being your psychologist would be a conflict of interest.

But I do get it. I'm wondering how well it works here--for those of us who are used to just pushing on when we lose people.

[notrosecolored]

That probably depends entirely on how much you can see being here a crisis in and of itself.

[ Just, dry and kind of amused. ]

[hippie_ninja]

How do you categorize it?

[notrosecolored]

Not much of one.