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// m.cabrera

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[bossily]

What, like Pinocchio?

wait. no. he could tell lies. he just shouldn't have.

what prevents you from being able to lie? physically speaking.

[naloxone]

I mean I suppose I still could.
If I wanted to.
If I thought it was worth it.

Nothing prevents me, I just... Afterwards, I feel sick.

[ no, no... even that isn't accurate, is it? ]

I mean I get sick.

[bossily]

I had a student one year that was like that. She tried lying to me about why her paper was late, and wound up losing her lunch right on my desk.

Then again, it could've just been nerves.

Do you think it's something you'd be able to overcome with enough practice?

[naloxone]

Maybe.
It's almost always immediate but one time I was able to... delay it.
With effort.

[bossily]

We'll keep working at it. I'm not about to let you be put in a position where someone could use this against you.

[naloxone]

Clara...

[ don't get her wrong, it's not like she doesn't appreciate the sentiment, but. ]

Do you always take on other people's burdens as your own?

[bossily]

Is that a problem?

[naloxone]

You tell me.
I can see how it could be.

[bossily]

In that case, I refuse to believe that helping other people is ever a problem.

[naloxone]

[ yeah she should have expected that... ]

You would make a good doctor.

[bossily]

I have on multiple occasions.

[probably not the exact kind of doctor marta's referring to, but -

she makes an excellent Doctor.]