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"Come in." Julia called calmly from her seat.

Turning her head a quick round about the room, she contented herself with the fact that the Xxitti was well gone off with it's... treasure.

"Good evening to you as well, Miss... Imbri. I'm afraid Cray didn't put your last name on the file..." she looked it over again. That wasn't really like him.

Standing up, she motioned with her hand towards one of the black leather chairs before her. The lights were dimmed slightly, Julia didn't like it being too bright, it was hard on her eyes after some time.

"My name is Doctor Julia Walts."

"Julia is fine." she took her seat once more.

"Cray must have set you up with an appointment. Upon registering with our clinic, there is a section which briefly details meeting with a person of my profession." she spoke casually, it was obvious Imbri meant to get down to business. Her bodylanguage told her that she was very in control of the things around her.

"We don't mean any insult with these appointments. Actually, I only meet briefly with you prior to the pregnancy. An informal meeting if you will." she paused, adjusting her glasses along the bridge of her nose.

"You see, my job is to handle any post-pregnancy details. Once the child is born, we meet every so often, at your behest, to give you a chance to take some of the stress of a new child off your shoulders. Here at our clinic we've found studies show, quite often, there is trauma left over in both the mother, and the child, that is often times overlooked as something insignificant, and can later on be more harmful than any good. We simply hope to help avoid any such cases and allow you and your child to have a healthy upbringing." Another pause.

"Of course, it's not necessary for you to come, and I wouldn't force it on you, but I would suggest taking advantage of it... after all, it doesn't cost anymore than just meeting with Cray... and I think it's a nice debriefing at times after being around him." she chuckled lightly.

"Well, the information I have gathered led me to believe this is your first, blood related child." she looked over the folder quickly again.

"Adopting is a wonderful thing to do.. however having a child of your own is quite a bit different. Many mothers suffer things such as Postpartum depression. All it is is you come in and we talk a bit. I'm not here to prescribe medication, I'm not here to psychoanalyze who you are. I may be a licensed psychiatrist, but I'm also a very well practiced therapist." she smiled a bit.

"As I told you before, it's simply something we offer to try to make the process go a bit smoother, and to be certain that the child is healthy, not only physically when he or she is born, but also mentally and emotionally. It is an ongoing process that I do hope you'll consider."

"Today was just an informal meeting. I actually don't meet much with the parents prior to the pregnancy. Usually it's just Cray. Most of my meetings come afterwards. Basically, I explain what I just told you, and if you hadn't met Cray already, I would set you up with a form for a meeting time with him." she adjusted her glasses once more. There was a loose arm on the left side that was somewhat bothering her.

"Do you have any questions about any of this?"

Inwardly, Julia was cursing herself for wording things as she had. She knew better than that. You never used the term 'just' that was for certain.

"Yes, when he's working on something important, his focus is entirely on that. He's very professional with his job, he's just very lighthearted and seems a bit off at times. I assure you that you'll meet no one with more skill than he in this area however."

"Epee?" she thought a moment, "I do believe I met with her my first meeting with you."