[He listens and he makes a few notes, but all in his own shorthand that he's developed to deter wandering eyes. He smiles a little and finally looks up.]
Thank you, Thrawn. That was - very enlightening.
I don't mind sharing with you my - experiences, I suppose, but I want to make it very clear that you should not feel like you're here under duress. I want to help you, but this isn't something I can force out of you. Now, that being said, I am glad that your warden sent you to me.
I am a military man, as much as I don't seem like it. I served in World War II, on Earth, back in 1945, which I'm sure doesn't mean much to you, but if you'd like to read on it, apparently it's quite the talk of the future.
I was drafted, but I was excited to do my duty for my country. Still, I saw the way that it changed men. My friends. The people I served with were different. I was different. I wanted to know why.
So I studied the brain and everything to do with trauma. All sorts of trauma. And I ended up at a hospital for the criminally insane where I revolutionized what would later be called talk therapy.
I came here but for many reasons I decided not to stay in the counseling office. I discovered art therapy, and I threw myself into learning more about it. I think you might be doing something of the same thing. Interpreting art for a different reason, but interpreting it still.
That was why I had mentioned art before, by the way. Not because of anything your warden said or anything I already knew about you. But I'm very passionate about it.
[He gestures to him.]
So let's start there. You told me quite a bit about you. Do you have any questions for me?
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Re: Voice
Date: 2025-02-27 07:36 pm (UTC)Thank you, Thrawn. That was - very enlightening.
I don't mind sharing with you my - experiences, I suppose, but I want to make it very clear that you should not feel like you're here under duress. I want to help you, but this isn't something I can force out of you. Now, that being said, I am glad that your warden sent you to me.
I am a military man, as much as I don't seem like it. I served in World War II, on Earth, back in 1945, which I'm sure doesn't mean much to you, but if you'd like to read on it, apparently it's quite the talk of the future.
I was drafted, but I was excited to do my duty for my country. Still, I saw the way that it changed men. My friends. The people I served with were different. I was different. I wanted to know why.
So I studied the brain and everything to do with trauma. All sorts of trauma. And I ended up at a hospital for the criminally insane where I revolutionized what would later be called talk therapy.
I came here but for many reasons I decided not to stay in the counseling office. I discovered art therapy, and I threw myself into learning more about it. I think you might be doing something of the same thing. Interpreting art for a different reason, but interpreting it still.
That was why I had mentioned art before, by the way. Not because of anything your warden said or anything I already knew about you. But I'm very passionate about it.
[He gestures to him.]
So let's start there. You told me quite a bit about you. Do you have any questions for me?