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 Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:12 pm
Emma dropped a quick curtsy as he entered, leading the new arrival along a few corridors before arriving back at the sitting room. Bustling around the space, she cleared the armchair of whatever books were strewn across it and rekindled the fire, which had gone out when she left the room the last time. "Make yourself comfortable."
Her calm demeanor was something she had worked to achieve for quite a while.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:22 pm
"Thank you so much."Dr. Irra said, smiling a little. Due to his strange leg structure, the gnolata stretched his legs out as he sat down. He opened his black case and pulled out a recording device, a pen and a notepad.
The doctor waited for Emma to seat herself before speaking. "Miss Emma, everything we discuss will be entirely confidential. Nothing you say shall leave this room." he assured her.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:26 pm
She nodded, pulling up another armchair to sit opposite the doctor. "Thank you."
He seems trustworthy.
So he does.
You might want to put your wards up before his recorder explodes.
Right... Emma replied, sliding the shields into place.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:36 pm
The doctor switched his recorder on and the session began. The doctor cleared his throat.
"Now, Miss Emma, can you explain to me what you have been feeling in the last few weeks since your ordeal?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:41 pm
Emma drew up every ounce of poise and dignity she had, speaking in a level and emotionless voice. "Depression, mood swings, insomnia. When I do sleep, there are only nightmares. An aversion to being touched by any man, general fragility and loss of control over my abilities."
A few rooms away, Hrothbert sighed heavily as he heard the list echo in his head. There were dark circles under his eyes as well.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:46 pm
"Ah yes, those are the common symptoms. How about your diet? What have you been eating, if anything at all the last few days? Just tell me what you can remember. You don't need to list every meal."
While he talked, the Doctor wrote down the symptoms Emma had listed.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:51 pm
Not enough, that's for sure.
Quiet, you.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." She smiled a little. "I might have poisoned myself through my cooking." she attempted to joke. "Tea, some sort of chicken soup, toast, fruit..." The enchantress shrugged, tucking her legs beneath her.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:56 pm
The gnolata smiled and wrote some more things down. "So nothing too strange with your diet it seems. That's good."
Dr. Irra's smile slowly faded. "Now Miss Emma, the next few questions I'm going to ask you may be personal. Answer them the best you can. You don't have to answer them if you don't feel comfortable."
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:02 pm
She nodded slowly. "Fire away." The tremor in her hands was trying valiantly to return, but she squashed it with every fiber of her will. The elf-woman drew her legs a little closer to her chest, wrapping her shawl even more tightly about her shoulders.
Hrothbert's presence faded from her mind out of respect for her privacy.
She had wanted him to stay, but would not ask it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:11 pm
"You said that you have had a difficult time being touched by men. Has this affected your relationship to your husband? How intimate have you been with him since the ordeal?"
The gnolata looked up from his notes at her, ready to write down everything Emma said.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:16 pm
"If you're asking what I think you're asking, I still love him." Something flared up in Emma's eyes, and her posture became a little straighter. "I always will. We have not had much physical contact or intimacy in that regard, but our relationship is constant. He understands. He has not laid a hand on me unless I ask it, not even out of instinct when I wake up screaming or crying." She paused, considering her next words carefully.
"Touch is...important to us. The lack of it is a reminder of times we would like very much not to remember."
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:21 pm
Dr. Irra wrote down his notes and checked to make sure the recorder was still going. After taking a moment, he looked up again.
"That is good. Your husband's support will make treating this issue much easier. What about the nightmares? How often do you get them?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:24 pm
"Whenever I sleep without the aid of magic or potions to that effect." She switched subjects rather abruptly as her mind bounced around like an animal in a cage. "I'm fine, mostly. Most of these issues are things that can be dealt with easily."
That was a blatant lie of course, one that she was telling herself.
"I just need to be able to hold my husband's hand without flinching."
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:40 pm
The doctor nodded. He could tell she was lying, but he didn't say anything.
"You believe that regular contact with your husband will make things better again?" he asked.
((Might be my last post for the night.))
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:44 pm
"Not fully, but it would certainly help."
There was a gnawing emptiness in Emma's chest and she desperately needed something to fill it.
((Okay.))
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