She still wasn't convinced. But the doctor seemed completely confident. It was both reassuring and unsettling at once. Janie didn't know if she ought to think his confidence was a sign of his competence - or premature arrogance.
What if he was right? What if she could learn to handle her tiger all on her own? She wouldn't have to have so much anxiety about what might happen to her next master. She wouldn't have to be so broken.
"I will agree to try your therapy," she said slowly, looking up at him to meet his gaze. "If you will write the prescriptions, sir." Janie needed some small reassurance that she would have a means of controlling her Tiger when necessary. To know it did not have to consume her if he provoked it.