=/\= psychiatric ward - room of Lt. Lapin =/\=
"Where's Luke," the lieutenant asked right after Mnemosyme walked in shortly before dinner was to be served.
"He couldn't make it," Nym answered as she sat down in the chair near the bed.
Dennis eyed her warily but nodded his understanding. He looked at the small device the counselor held in her hand and a feeling of dread spread through him. "What's that," he asked hoping the information would calm his nerves.
She watched as he picked at the edge of the sheet and blanket. {A bit edgy ... wonder what's floating through his mind.} "Just a recording device," she answered simply. "I thought we might talk some more and I'd record it if it was okay with you... easy to make notes later and update files," she finished in way of an explanation.
Dennis looked at the top of his covers like there was something interesting there, "Okay.... I guess."
"I'll just turn this on and then you can state that you know a recording device is being used and that I have your permission." Nym turned the small device on and nodded toward her patient.
"I'm Dennis Lapin and I understand that this counseling session is being recorded to which I reluctantly agreed."
{His agreement wasn't really reluctant maybe just not necessarily desired and that was a pretty lucid statement for a man who just a few hours ago said he was confused.} Nym smiled, "Why don't you tell me something about your beagle?"
"Peanut was a great dog ... and ...loyal," his voice broke on the last word. "I haven't been able to stop the images ...," the lieutenant rushed on, "its your fault... Why couldn't I have been killed with some of the others..."
Nym noticed the shiver of his body and the tears that streaked down his face. "Why couldn't you have just left well enough alone," Lapin asked. "I told them.... told them about .... the power plant.... you know the one... on New Geneva.... I couldn't even be as loyal as a dog."
"I'm sure you didn't want to..."Nym started but was interrupted.
"Yes I did... I wanted to tell them everything they wanted to know.... anything to stop the pain ....even having my throat slit would have been preferable. I knew I could be committing treason when I told them.... and I didn't care as long as the pain stopped."
Nym gave the patient a light sedative and figured his own thoughts were torturing him plenty at the moment. She still filled all her reports and made sure the Lieutenant was put on a suicide watch. She knew others would want to question him to see what other information he had given out during his torture, because she was quite certain he had been tortured for the information.
=/\= End Log =/\=
2nd Lieutenant Mnemosyme Nyx
Jr. Counselor
SB 234 - Unity
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