[Which was something that Matthew had already alluded to -- something that he had discussed with Mr. Lin, in fact. Surprise did not register on his expression. It was a tightly strained smiled he offered; despite what Dorian thought, Chilton didn't mistake Dorian's need for attention as worry. Dorian was incapable of caring about other people, which made the patient rather ripe for exploitation, and it was all the better that he underestimated his psychiatrist.

Dorian Gray, concluded Chilton, considered people to be playthings. All people. His friends, his lovers -- they were all subhuman compared to what Dorian's immortality meant to him. That was the presiding theory anyway, and if Dorian's response didn't resonate the way Chilton wanted it to do so, he did not reveal disappointment.]

Not just break-ups. Leaving you totally. Deeming you irrelevant, beneath them. Trash. How would you react to that?