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[morethan084]

[It's later in the evening when Skye finally tries the video feature on her communicator. Sat on her bed as she finally taps the button to turn it on.]

Uh, right. So, hi. My name's Skye, sorry, been a while since I’ve done something like this. Not that you would-

[Skye wants to turn the video off and start over, but she can't.]

Right. Forgot I can’t exactly start over. So, mine name’s Skye. I come from, well, a lot of places. I work for something called S.H.I.E.L.D., which, apparently, not a lot of people around here are familiar with. We helped protect the public from finding out about superheroes. And no, not just the Avengers.

Gotta be honest, not too happy to be here considering I was brought here against my will. But I know I’m not the only one here.

[Finally Skye pauses.]

Sorry. Kind of went off on a tangent. Is anyone even out there right now?

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[morethan084]

Heropa. Lame name if you ask me.

[Hearing that he had a practice didn't go unnoticed by Skye. She's immediately weary. She and psychiatrists had never gotten on well. Unless he had a practice of something else.]

A practice in...medicine?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Psychiatry. Actually. I work at the downtown hospital, within the psychiatrist wing.

[morethan084]

[Skye reeled back, although he wouldn't be able to see it there was a pause between words. Psychiatry.]

Tough gig, I'm sure.

[It was easy to tell that her mood had changed rather drastically, suddenly a lot more closed off. Wary.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

I find my clientele in Heropa to be considerably less violent.

[Chilton didn't miss a beat in his response, but his fluidity was intended to mask the hint he took from Skye's altered mood.]

What about you? What do you do?

[morethan084]

Right now? Nothing.

Apparently I've got my own column in a news paper though. Just have to find the right story.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Looking for a story? Aren't we all. Tell me -- do you plan to focus on imPort issues?

[morethan084]

[Skye finds his question slightly suspicious, but anything that comes out of the mouth of a psychiatrist is always suspicious to her.]

Possibly. Why?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Perhaps I could recommend to you a few subjects.

[morethan084]

Like what?

[slightlyoffchilt]

The ambassadors, for one. Have you met Mitchell Hundred? He always has something clever going on.

[morethan084]

Nope, can't say that I have.

[He has her attention, she'll give him that.]

Something clever like...?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Like getting the federal government on his side. I'm sure there's a story in that.

[morethan084]

[Skye wants to know why someone who is working for the government, is willing to give her helpful hints about the not so innocent things that were going on around here.]

Is this really something you should be talking about where anyone could be listening?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I never said it had to be a negative story. Or am I to interpret that as you projecting your perspective?

[morethan084]

[And here comes the psychiatrist babble.]

I'm not 'projecting' anything. And you can cut the psychiatrist talk.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Oh goodness. Should I have denoted a trigger warning beforehand?

[morethan084]

[Yes.]

What? That you can't talk to someone without the psychiatrist in you coming out?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I have been told that tendency is one of my few flaws.

[morethan084]

I'm not a big fan of psychiatrists, kind of had to deal with them a lot growing up in an orphanage.

[That was not her 'opening up' to him, she just figured she might owe him a little explanation for her her snappy attitude.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Is that so? Because you were that easy to diagnose, even at such an early age?

[morethan084]

Isn't that kind of a personal question to ask?

[slightlyoffchilt]

My very occupation requires me to be a personal kind of man.

[morethan084]

[This right here is exactly why she hates shrinks.]

Not when the person you're trying to get personal with is not asking you to.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And here I thought we were getting to know one another.

[morethan084]

Nice try.