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[consortofalderaan]

I have a proposal I want to make.

To put it diplomatically, I do not think the Bureau-run support groups are helpful. Meeting others dealing with new memories of past lives is good, but the way the Bureau runs their meetings has no other benefit.

I am a therapist; this is an area I’m well trained for.

But I would like to know if this worth pursuing.

How many would be interested if we started our own support group, completely separate from the Bureau?

Comments

[consortofalderaan]

I think those skills would transfer well to what we are trying to do here.

I do wonder if any part of my life now is a reflection of the life I had before. But I'm not married to a queen of a planet, I'm not involved in politics, I've never been to space. A fun thought experiment, though.

[seawalled]

Well, then, once you get things to a point where you need 'em, I'm all yours.

The queen of a planet! Whooh, I really do think I got one of the more boring lives, compared to some of you lot. Magic, space, angels, demons ... it's all very Hollywood, isn't it?

[consortofalderaan]

Space is certain an industrial revolution idea. But magic, angels, and demons have been part of literature for quite some time.

And there's nothing wrong with a life not so exciting.

[seawalled]

[his subtle correction of her comment to more classical origins makes Ellie think that her possible future boss is certainly an intellectual. not quite into the realm of posh, but someone who thinks education matters. she files that away for interview purposes so she'll remember to be a bit more formal]

Awh, no, never said there was. I just ... it makes me feel a bit apart, sometimes, you know? Apart from the apart, boy, maybe I should be payin' you before I say stuff like that.

[consortofalderaan]

Sounds like something that would be good to bring up in a group session.

[seawalled]

That dismal thing they do with the metal folding chairs and the watery coffee and sad oranges? Oh, I don't know.

[consortofalderaan]

Actually, the one I'm proposing we organize ourselves.

[seawalled]

[she gives a pleased little hum]

Now, that, I could get behind.