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Doctor. What about him?

[Light, conversational. No worries...yet.]

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[Nothing menacing in Mike's tone, either.]

Head doctor. From your world, right?

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Right on both accounts.

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Anything you can tell me about the dude?

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[This is how his life went for, like, two months when he first got here. And back then, he was weirdly fine with it. Now?

He's trying to channel that former chill.]

Depends on what you wanna know. What do you wanna know?

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[Big sigh goes here.]

I don't know, man. What's he like? He's not all... batshit like the other head doc, is he?

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No.

[Said with disgust, but not directed at Mike. That's the no of a man who's found the comparison disgusting. Understands where it came from but is just NOPE about it.]

He's been my psychiatrist off and on while we're here, I wouldn't have kept seeing him if he was like...that.

[UNLESS HE WAS HANNIBAL BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT]

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[u r a great judge of character when it comes to psychiatrists, will, and don't u ever let anybody tell u otherwise]

Huh. [A didn't know you had a head doc but for some reason not feeling surprised here huh.] Yeah, I guess if he was like that, everybody'd know about it, too... [Pause.] Unless he's sneakier about it. You know, smarter or whatever. But yeah, you wouldn't be down with... that.

[Probably wouldn't... He owes Will an explanation. Or something.]

His name came up a little while ago... [True.] I was hangin' out with some guys and one of 'em mentioned him. [False.] Said he thought Chilton was dangerous. [True. Ish.] I was just curious. [False.] If you knew him, if he was nuts... [True - especially since Walt White is cool with this guy. Walt White and Will Graham now. That's a bad sign, isn't it?]

If he had any powers I should be watchin' out for... you know, if I start goin' to gov parties again and he's there...

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[He has a funny feeling he knows who might have mentioned Chilton. The same source as last time, he suspects. But he isn't going to press, hadn't pressed with Jeff. Doesn't want anyone backed into a corner because Will couldn't contain himself.]

I'd have to know what sort of dangerous you mean, Mike. Everybody here's dangerous in one way or another. [Diplomatic as ever.] As for nuts, no. He isn't nuts, and his powers aren't...something he could get away with in public, if for some strange reason he felt the urge to try anything.

[will u only know 1 of his powers]

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[Oh, the tangled webs some White people weave.]

Dude just said dangerous. Nothin' else. Don't know what he meant, if the doc's not crazy or runnin' around with murder powers. [Thinking, thinking... to the best of his ability.] Maybe he was talkin' out of his ass.

[He sure as hell wasn't. Who else knows this doc? He's not gonna have to do like reconnaissance later, is he? Auuugh.]

Good to know, though. All that. Sure would suck if every doc that got yanked in here was some evil sonofa.

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[He knows that feel. Some White people need to be put down like the poorly behaved dogs they are.]

Probably was talkin' out of his ass. Lots of people have hang ups over head doctors, as you call them. Bad experiences or just...bullshit they've bought into.

[Like if you only ever watched crime dramas and mental ward movies you would probably think psychiatrists are all power-hungry fucktrucks. The poor oppressed psychiatrists. With their degrees and their huge salaries.

And yes, Will makes a face at that last bit, unseen. Sure would suck if every doc was an evil sonofa? Try living in a world where that's the case.

...oh so that's where the stereotype comes from.]

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[Writes a letter to Santa, maybe he can take care of it. Dear Santa, how do you feel about murdering a man? There are space cookies in it for you.]

Yeah, yeah... Bullshit, yeah. [Head docs, Mike had never given them a single thought back home. Then he got stuck here. Opinion quickly formed.]

I don't think everybody here's dangerous, though. I mean, everybody I've met has probably been dangerous, but... Somebody's gotta be... not dangerous. Whole lot of imPorts. And shitty powers.

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[If Santa says no, there is always Krampus.]

Powers aren't what make people dangerous. Can change or add to the danger, but... [Mike's probably heard this particular Will Graham tone fifty times over by now. That thinking out loud, gears turning.] ...doesn't make any sense to draw us in if we don't have some capacity to be dangerous. Considering what's expected of us.

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[Oh no, not the Will Graham thinking out loud tone again.]

What about those kids? On the network. They're probably not dangerous.

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Which kids?

[Thinking kids can't be dangerous is, to Will, what makes them so dangerous. But he's curious who Mike means.]

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I don't know. The kids. Like... any of 'em. Why are they here? Did they come from worlds where everybody's a kid and there's little hero kids and little villain kids? Or did the gov save all the really kickass powers for kids so they'd have a chance?

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You're missing the part where we're kids to some of the people here, too. We've got immortals and other long-living creatures running around. Kids aren't out of place when you think about it.

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I don't want to think about it. Kids, immortal people... Who's dangerous, who's not dangerous... I don't really care. I just wanted to keep talkin'.

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[Is this a companionship thing Will done gone and make awkward? Whoops.]

Oh—hn. [Yes, very good way to make it not awkward, starting off with the semi-grunt "I fucked up" noise, gold star.] Doing anything for Christmas?

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[That's okay, Will, Mike probably should have gone with 'What's up?' instead of trying to talk about stuff he doesn't know or care about.]

Snowmen! I'm thinkin'. If it snows up here by then. I mean, I'm not gonna do 'em. [Totally mature grown man snicker.] Gonna make 'em. Use my brain power to move 'em around, make 'em toss snowballs at mall shoppers. I'll probably hang around as a dog so nobody suspects it's really me. What about you?

[Heels, sits, wags tail at.]

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[Mike that is harmlessly cute as shit. Good boy.]

Sitdown meals. More traditional than last year. Yours sounds like a lot of fun.

[More fun than traditional meals, possibly, judging by Will's tone.]

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Family time. [Mike commiserates.] Gettin' a tree and everything?

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We are, actually. Not the usual sort of tree, I'm sure, but something similar.

[Poor Will, stuck with family. Poor Mike, stuck without family. Such a double-edged sword.]

You got a tree?

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Palm tree? Like a small one?

[Ain't that life.]

No tree here. I'm a rebel. Gonna decorate some other stuff, though. Get into the uh... the spirit.

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[Heh, Mike gets a small laugh at the idea of a Christmas palm tree. Will's not even sure what they'll get but considering April is April it's bound to be...not traditional.]

Suppose that's what matters. Not what or how you decorate, just that you get into the spirit.