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[abrightboy]

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[citizendetective]

I don't think he would have tried unprovoked...

[abrightboy]

Was I provoking him?

[citizendetective]

A little! He doesn't like being questioned like that.

[abrightboy]

Then how do you avoid provoking him?

[citizendetective]

I guess I just ask different kinds of questions!

[She chirps, smiling at the acknowledgement of their similarities.]

I don't think he likes shrinks. He definitely doesn't like feeling like anybody is trying to fix him.

[abrightboy]

I’m not trying to fix him. When I met him he was slobbering drunk on the floor despairing about how long he’s been here without graduating. I told him I can work with him to help him figure out why.

[citizendetective]

Isn't that fixing him?

[abrightboy]

No. It's assisting him in reaching a goal he's outright stated he's having trouble achieving. Suggesting I can 'fix' him would be suggesting there's something wrong with him. I haven't seen any evidence of that.

[citizendetective]

When I try to help people against their wishes, I get told off for it, too.

[She smiles brightly.]

That's another thing we have in common!

[abrightboy]

I'm not in trouble; he's just a bit prickly.

[citizendetective]

That's an understatement.

[abrightboy]

We do better every conversation we have. He reminds me of a friend back home. It takes some people time to warm up to me. My mentor says I’m an acquired taste.

[citizendetective]

And people never tell you to back off, stop pushing, stop being nosy...?

[Double standards, honestly.]

[abrightboy]

[He looks confused by the question.]

Of course they do.