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Oh, but I've never had a twenty-fifth birthday before! It's hard to have one when you die a year before; it wasn't a very nice thing. I think I died of infection, I wouldn't recommend it. [spoilers, he never died.] I wouldn't recommend my century either, it was miserable.

Is there anything a person should have done or seen by the age of twenty-five? I'd like to catch up!

[private to Ciel Phantomhive and Alois Trancy:]
I've offered one of my friends a place to stay, in our home, she's willing to clean and help around the house...would that be all right?

Also, can we get more rabbits? Please?

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[ho shit now he's insulted a lady]

N-not at all! You just look like you're some sort of scholar. Something.

I'm joking. [ Good to know she can still pass for younger. ] You're right, though. I'm a doctor, so you could say I mastered some basics of medicine. That would only be one thing I'm specialised in.

[man, he's going to kill this annoying woman. what is she, vain?]

[wait no self stop, no more thoughts like that. progress--! not all people are self-serving excuses for human beings.]

What's the field you're practising?

[ She couldn't help messing with somebody with such good manners. ]

Psychology. Not as practical as tinkering with mechanisms and machines, though. I find that quite admirable. [ Her tone is a little warmer, there, although she doesn't fully understand why. ]

[:(((((]

Oh? Does my lady have a tinkerer friend? We're a special lot, you'd find. [he laughs, wryly.]

[ bless ]

At home, yes, a coworker. [ She stifles a smile at that kind of description, it's fairly accurate ] There's likely a huge difference between the types of mechanics you each work with. Although his assistant liked to make mechanical dolls, as I recall...

Oh! Pardon me, but I do find mechanical dolls a little...frightening. I don't understand why children like them so.

[he tilts his head to the side.] So you deal with mental illness? Hysteria? That sort of thing?

[ooc: i just wanna say i am so glad to be playing with an atsuko ;~; i never thought i'd see one around, and here i am playing with a brilliant one!]

So do I, actually. He was obsessed with them: had them set to greet him when he entered his home, all lining his shelves.

[ Not speaking of the fairly horrifying encounter that had her making this discovery; it's like she's talking about the weather. ]

That sort of thing, yes. My field covers neuroses and therapeutic treatment especially with the use of technology mediating between patient and doctor. I've been more of a researcher recently.

[ ooc; ;;;; whoa thank you! ♥ I worry since the film doesn't have that much of a fanbase haha ]

...my apologies, most of that went over my head.

[he smiles sheepishly, covering up the lie with teeth.] Explain like I'm five years old, please?

[ooc: keep on being awesome ♥]

[ He did say his 'century'-- if his speciality is in clockwork then he can't be from the 21st century. She raises an eyebrow at the request, but nonetheless; ]

Neuroses include the 'hysteria' you're already aware of; anxiety; phobias and crippling fears... Too many to name for a five-year-old's vocabulary. The therapy helps a patient to cope with the neurosis in a way that allows them to resume leading a comfortable daily life, if not making a recovery.

Before I was taken here, I worked less frequently with patients in severe condition, and more with developing new methods of therapy. Hence the mechanics.

Oh.

[that troubles him, a little.]

So...it's not actually all in someone's head? Hysteria, all those things- they're real illnesses? In my time doctors just told people it wasn't.

[ Oh.

Oh dear. ]

It can be hard for even a qualified doctor to recognise mental illnesses, even with the advances in research we have in this era. [ She sighs. ]

Put simply, there are different names and definitions for them, but yes, troubles of the mind are very real illnesses. The brain is a part of the body that can get sick as much as the rest of the body can.

[He's quiet for a moment. He'd known doctors here in the Port but hadn't asked about this; he had no reason to. Jack looks at her, and settles his chin on a hand.]

Do you like your occupation, my lady?

[ Suddenly a personal question, a personal gaze. She has to consciously avoid leaning away even an inch, keeping her level expression. ]

As much as anybody enjoys their pursuits, I suppose. You enjoy tinkering with clockwork?

I like to keep my hands busy.

[aaand he winks! aww yiss he's the smoothest ever.]

It keeps my minds off things.

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