23 ⚜ Voice

[restingstitchface]

Friday the 13th. The most feared day and date in human history. Staying at home is recommended.

[His voice is a merry tone.]

Quite a date, isn't it? Triskaidekaphobia. Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Thirteen guests at a table. The 13th Baktun. The thirteenth floor being omitted in hotels where the number is considered unlucky.

But is today truly bad for your health? Let us examine the relationship between health, behaviour, and superstition.

[He pauses, purposefully. There's a gentle drop in the lightness of his tone.]

Tell me what you are doing today. Are you outside? Commuting to work? Shopping? Visiting friends? The risk of hospital admission may be increased by as much as 52%, you know.

[Said with a twist of sarcasm; but it ends with him speaking calmly.]

Now. Our time's up, but I'll leave you with advice. Think logically. Act rationally. And don't let the date control you.

Comments

[restingstitchface]

Scarecrows are widely regarded as symbols of knowledge.

[And fear. But that's not a yes is it, Johnny?]

[acclimatized]

I've never heard that before.

[restingstitchface]

Obviously.

I would suggest widening your research.

[acclimatized]

I thought you'd just at the chance to educate me. It's what you were thinking of doing, wasn't it?

[restingstitchface]

My time is finate. Mine to do with as I please. You show very little promise at understanding points I attempt to make, doctor. I thought you would appreciate academic independence.

[acclimatized]

You just made it up, didn't you?

[restingstitchface]

[His jaw tightens.]

What an accusation. I imagined a mass cultural interpretation that's thousands of years old, validated by multiple counts of research, just to spite you? Please. Don't overestimate your importance.

[acclimatized]

Yep, definitely a big fat porky.

[restingstitchface]

Sharp eye you have there, Sherlock.

[Let's push that button again!]

[acclimatized]

Don't you mean hearing? We've been talking all this time, so...

[restingstitchface]

It was meant figuratively.

[acclimatized]

Sure it was.

[restingstitchface]

Your ability to visualize mentally is as bereft as your humor, I see.

[acclimatized]

I don't know, I'm not having any problems visualising punching you in the face again. Can't be that bereft, can it?

[restingstitchface]

I suppose not. I would rediagnose it as droll, honestly.

[acclimatized]

I might surprise you yet.

[ medical doctors know the best places to sprain. ]

[restingstitchface]

I can assure you, there's little that can surprise me, now.