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[heyboss]

Good.

I know you were worried about him.

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I was. I knew we would come back here, of course. It wouldn't make sense if we didn't! But I was still worried about him.

[heyboss]

And you're- happy to be back here?

[reviewstarlight]

Of course!

[ she is LYING through her teeth. ]

[heyboss]

Why?

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Well, I'm seeing Lettuce again. Isn't that enough?

[heyboss]

Is it?

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Do you think that it shouldn't be?

[heyboss]

Nana....

[But this isn't their first meeting. This isn't the way that he wants their interactions to go.]

I think that you might be covering some emotions.

[reviewstarlight]

[ He's...not wrong. There's a moment before Nana continues with, ]

You don't want to know what I'm covering. Even if you're my warden. You're not gonna like it.

[heyboss]

I don't want to know because I'm your warden, Nana. I want to know because I care about you.

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You care about me because you're my warden. I'm not an idiot, Dr. Sheehan. I know we'd never be friends if we weren't paired. You'd barely talk to me. The only reason you do, the only reason you say you care about me is cause we're paired.

[heyboss]

No, the only reason I came to find you that month is because we're paired. But I care about you because of you.

And you don't know if we'd talk or not. We talked before.

You know I don't have a deal, right? That I'm here because I want to be. Because I - want to help you.

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If you really wanted to help, you wouldn't say useless stuff like 'I don't have a deal.' You could use a deal to donate money to an orphanage. Or end a disease. Or help rebuild after a natural disaster. You know. Stuff that actually helps.

I don't think you want to help. I think you just want to see immediate results.

[heyboss]

Immediate results? Nana, now I'm genuinely confused.

[reviewstarlight]

There are plenty of ways you can actually help that aren't the Barge. But none of them give that immediate satisfaction of a person being alive again or a plate of cookies from the Admiral.

Why don't you have a psychiatric practice?

[heyboss]

Here? On the Barge?

I tried. It didn't go well. I still see people, though.

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Why don't you have one back home? If you had one, I don't think you'd be here.

[heyboss]

Why don't you come over for tea? I'll tell you my story.

And Andrew's, too.

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I'll be over in five minutes.

[ And five minutes later, there's a knock on Sheehan's door. ]

[heyboss]

[He opens the door for her and lets her inside.]

Go on and sit. I've got the water boiling.

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[ Nana gives Sheehan a bright smile and a nod, though her cheerful Banana exterior isn't making it's way to her eyes. She's going through the motions, smiling and grinning, but she's so done and it's so apparent. ]

Do you need any help with the tea?

[heyboss]

"Just set the cups on the table, if you don't mind?"

He holds them out to her along with a few boxes of tea.

[reviewstarlight]

"Of course." Nana gives Sheehan a smile before setting the cups on opposite sides of the table, across from each other.

[heyboss]

He joins her with the hot water and tea bags, choosing one of his own and setting it in the cup.

"What would you like to know? From the beginning, or just about my practice?"