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Mia Dearden thinks your facial hair is silly (speediest) wrote in valarlogs,
@ 2012-10-09 20:16:00

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mia dearden (speedy), ninth doctor

Who: Liam Smith and Mia Dearden
What: Therapy
When: Wednesday morning
Where: Liam's office
Warnings: PG-13 for cursing, talk of drugs, prostitution, etc.

Mia had seen Liam for two sessions. They'd mainly been getting getting all the preliminary stuff out of the way. Where was she born, what symptoms she was having, all that stuff. She'd told him some about the dreams, though they'd glossed over a lot of it. She wasn't 'fixed', by any means, but the process was a lot less scary now that she'd had a session or two. She was starting to trust the guy.

She sat in the waiting room with her feet up on the table, leafing through a magazine.

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	daftoldface 2012-10-11 04:56 am UTC (link)
	The Doctor nodded. "A little compassion goes a long way. And if they're having dreams of their own, sure would help a bit." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	speediest 2012-10-11 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Mia nodded. "Yeah. I don't know, maybe I should just give up on it." She didn't like the idea of quitting, though, and that distaste came through in her voice. She sighed, annoyed. "Or. Do you think I should just ask them? I mean, I know they want to be professional and in control and stuff. Would it be way out of line?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daftoldface 2012-10-11 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Shaking his head, the Doctor sat back in his chair again. "I can't see a single harm in asking. Sure, I take things a bit less formal, me, but I can't expect that they wouldn't want people comfortable when they are asking quite a healthy bit of them. I think bringing it up next time would make loads of sense. You won't keep going if it bothers you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

speediest
2012-10-12 12:37 pm UTC (link)

Mia nodded. "I could tell the guy was pretty uncomfortable when we were talking." Mia had been calling him out quite a bit. "Is there. I mean. I don't want to even the playing field by making him as uncomfortable as I am." Well, she kind of did, but even she realized that wasn't the ideal solution. "Is there something I can do to let him feel like he's still in control even though I'm asking him that?"

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daftoldface
2012-10-12 05:49 pm UTC (link)

"Well, if you don't, I think it's within your power to make sure that you could make it less so. It's possible he is dealing with very dark dreams as well. It's not as if these seem to often come in the flowery rainbows and sunshine variety."

Except those damn Ponies.

"And I think that the most important thing you could do is be up front with any discomfort, but deliberately take a step back from confrontation. That's in your power more than his, since the researcher is going to have to take the wheel, so to speak."

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speediest
2012-10-14 06:24 pm UTC (link)

Mia nodded. "I guess there's no harm in asking." It still felt like there was, but that was probably her own discomfort coming through. But that was supposed to be a good thing, right? Pushing through that anxiety and talking about that stuff anyway.

She was probably spending too much time talking about the study, and maybe she was trying to avoid personal stuff. "He says he wants to prove the dreams aren't changing people, but.. I don't know. I think they are. Me, at least."

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	daftoldface 2012-10-14 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	The Doctor snorted. "Oh my, is that his theory? Well, he's entirely wrong then, isn't he? The dreams absolutely are." His focus was on helping people deal with the changes, not denying it. How could he, when he had two hearts beating in his chest? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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