I am not married, no. And nor do I have any children.
[Nor did he like kids, really, Chilton wouldn't wander past precocious teenagers in terms of clients or company. But these questions inspired a slight tension in his shoulders -- while it wasn't unusual for patients to be inquisitive about their psychiatrists, Walter White was hardly a usual patient. This sort of ground could have been an attempt to discover similarity, to forge sympathy, but Chilton knew that Walt could detect the loneliness in Chilton's words -- and what Walt could then do with that detection, Chilton could only imagine. The psychiatrist was a confirmed bachelor, and yet he wore his golden alma mater ring on his right hand. The context whispered married to his work, and it wasn't a topic Chilton would independently revive. However, providing only silence would risk souring this budding rapport, and Chilton needed Walt to be receptive if he was going to have any access to the chemist. Influence was the higher priority, and this given information was the calculated risk.]
I was an only child, and had very few additional relatives. [Sacrificial information. Walt would hopefully be appeased by Chilton's charity.] So it was never familial ties that could haunt me, in this place. But I have experienced the reoccurring return of... Difficult individuals from Baltimore, yes. We'll say that they emphasized the uncertainty of this dimension.
But they left, eventually. Sometimes all you have to do is survive beyond their limitations -- no matter who comes here, Walt, they are still subject to those uncalibrated outcomes that we are. Porting out goes both ways, on friends and antagonists.
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[Nor did he like kids, really, Chilton wouldn't wander past precocious teenagers in terms of clients or company. But these questions inspired a slight tension in his shoulders -- while it wasn't unusual for patients to be inquisitive about their psychiatrists, Walter White was hardly a usual patient. This sort of ground could have been an attempt to discover similarity, to forge sympathy, but Chilton knew that Walt could detect the loneliness in Chilton's words -- and what Walt could then do with that detection, Chilton could only imagine. The psychiatrist was a confirmed bachelor, and yet he wore his golden alma mater ring on his right hand. The context whispered married to his work, and it wasn't a topic Chilton would independently revive. However, providing only silence would risk souring this budding rapport, and Chilton needed Walt to be receptive if he was going to have any access to the chemist. Influence was the higher priority, and this given information was the calculated risk.]
I was an only child, and had very few additional relatives. [Sacrificial information. Walt would hopefully be appeased by Chilton's charity.] So it was never familial ties that could haunt me, in this place. But I have experienced the reoccurring return of... Difficult individuals from Baltimore, yes. We'll say that they emphasized the uncertainty of this dimension.
But they left, eventually. Sometimes all you have to do is survive beyond their limitations -- no matter who comes here, Walt, they are still subject to those uncalibrated outcomes that we are. Porting out goes both ways, on friends and antagonists.