- IC CONTACT POST FOR MASKORMENACE -

[slightlyoffchilt]

"Hello.

You've reached the direct line of Doctor Frederick Chilton. As I am not available at the moment, you might assume I'm quite busy with something pressing. State your name and business, and I will return your call."

Comments

[inmyothertights]

Okay, and what do I like to do?

[This is not suggesting that he thinks of people as animals. It's just that he knows that Chilton has Opinions, and those Opinions are important, in a way. Who is Billy to his therapist?]

[slightlyoffchilt]

You like to solve things. You have a need to improve, to mitigate, to fix. This need, on the surface, is highly valued by the community.

But it also belies a certain tendency to control.

[inmyothertights]

Like...control freak tendencies?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Yes. Which is not to say that isn't a rational reaction, given the chaotic nature of your abilities.

[inmyothertights]

Chaos magic. It's a real killer.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Do you feel that this need for control every compromises your relationships?

[inmyothertights]

...so, Teddy, he broke up with me before, I mean, we're back together now, but he broke up with me because he thought, he worried that I might have been using magic to keep us together.

It's not an invalid worry.

[slightlyoffchilt]

The existential question of free will must be a routine exercise amidst your social circle. Do you trust yourself to refrain from magically influencing others? What about subconsciously?

[inmyothertights]

I would never do it consciously!

[slightlyoffchilt]

You have the right impulse control, good. But have you ever fantasized? Wouldn't that pose enough threat?

[inmyothertights]

No, I haven't. It's creepy. And wrong.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Then the final question in this vein: how much do you trust yourself?

[inmyothertights]

I trust myself.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Good, Billy. Because you ought to, like I said, you have carried this burden long enough. You have some grasp on what you are doing.