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[He furrows his brow. It's a circular kind of logic, but hopefully what he's saying is clear enough.]
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I'm not sure.
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... I do still hear things. I know they're not real, so that's... fine, but it's still annoying.
[In fact, it's been especially annoying now that he's a demon.]
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What have you been hearing recently? Anything specific?
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They keep... bothering me over this. Being a demon.
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[Marco nods, tense. Something about this matter being discussed in these terms makes him uncomfortable. Maybe he's just not used to it.]
So, what can I do about it?
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Have you been consistently taking your medication here, even with the new changes that have occurred?
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[What's a word that doesn't make him feel like garbage?]
Healthy.
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Good, good. I just wanted to make sure. [He makes a note of something before he speaks again.] Have you discussed these thoughts with your partner, by any chance?
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[Although that may not be hard to guess, since he still has trouble speaking of some things in the privacy of Danny's or Hawkeye's offices.]
The... You know, the broader monster things, sure, I've told him about it and he understands. He's helped me with it a lot, actually. But the things I hear, from... my "parents", and the rest... I don't bother him with the details.
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[There's some clear discomfort in Marco's face. He doesn't LIKE sounding "crazy."]
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[Danny you can't just ask him something like that--]
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[He's quite a bit more somber all of a sudden. The lowest point in their relationship... It was at the height of his delusions.]
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[Danny makes a note of something, before he suddenly smiles.]
Well Marco, as long as you continue taking your medication and keeping to our scheduled appointments, I have faith that you will continue to do your best to not act on those delusions here.
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Not that he never asks questions he suspects he won't like the answer to. For instance...]
Do you think... I'll have to keep taking it indefinitely? Is it the only thing keeping me from.... from losing my mind?
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Unfortunately, that's how mental health treatment works, at least in most cases: we can only "treat" the symptoms rather than cure them. If there was a singular medication that could immediately cure a person's mental state in only one or two doses, there wouldn't be much of a need for therapists, would there? But alas, no such thing truly exists. It's a sad failing of the mental health practice, really.
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[He fidgets for a moment. Of course, what Danny is saying makes perfect sense. He just... really doesn't like it. He doesn't like that it's true, he doesn't like being like this, he doesn't like that there's something just permanently WRONG--
But he takes a deep breath.]
So I just have to keep doing what I've been doing, right?
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[And just like that, Danny is right back to smiling again.]
Now then, was there anything else you wanted to talk about today?
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I, ah... Nothing's coming to mind. I take it I haven't really... said anything that could be a cause for concern, then?
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