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[doctorize]

Hello everyone, my name is Dr. Daniel Dickens. (You're welcome to call me "Danny" though, if you'd like!)

I wanted to announce that starting this month, I will be working with the Second Nature Clinic as it's resident psychiatrist. For those who don't know what that means, my specialty is in providing psychological counseling and therapy for anyone struggling here mentally or emotionally. Even if you do not need therapy and would simply like a confidential listening ear with someone here, I'm happy to help.

I also have some experience in other fields of medical expertise, so if you have any questions about that, I'll do my best to answer and see if there's something else I can help you with here. Aside from your basic first aid, surgery, and the like, I even have some skill in optometry--but, I'm sure you are all taking good care of your eyes here, so that will hopefully not be necessary.

Though, ah... despite advertising myself now, perhaps it might be best to wait until a few days from now to schedule a visit, on account of certain factors at the moment.

[Moon cycles suck as an Iris and he still hates it.]

Which reminds me... I apologize if this is a question that has already been asked before, but in regards to when some cycles here suddenly gives a person wings... can you actually fly with them, or are they merely for decoration, so to speak? I'm assuming the latter, given how difficult it may be depending on size to use them to support oneself in the air, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Comments

[doctorize]

Well... I have had patients before that had experienced unfortunate side effects from a medication, or from drugs and alcohol or the like, but I would need more specifics in regards to what type of poison you're referring to here.

[shiliu]

I don't know exactly what type of poison, only that it was used in infancy. It's said to cause madness over time. That the person eventually won't be able to distinguish nightmares from reality.

[doctorize]

I see...

[Well that's... huh. Unexpected.]

Well, to be honest with you, I can't say that it's particularly common what you've described, but there are a couple of ideas that come to mind. [There's some conditions if the parent poisoned themselves during their pregnancy, after all, but if it was something that was done to them as soon as they were born...] I'd probably need to know a little more family history, but there might be something I can do to try to help.

[shiliu]

The only important thing about the family's history is a certain member's desire for vengeance, hence their use of the poison.

[ That's what "family history" means to him. ]

[doctorize]

[That's... not what Danny meant when he asked, but maybe it would be best to be more direct about it--]

Do you know if this poison was induced while your mother was pregnant, or was this after you were born?

[shiliu]

[ ........................ ]

I'm asking for a friend.

[doctorize]

Ah, my mistake! Then please ask your friend for me, because as surprising as it may be, knowing this actually does help with narrowing down ideas of what might work in this case.