[ "I expel you." Yeah, that feels like it tracks with forgetting your name. Did they hex him, maybe?
They could go in circles for hours, she realizes, him describing things he's got only the vaguest vocabulary for and her speculating. Better to get to cleansing. Something with some oomph to it, too, not just mumbling some nice words and lighting a candle. Though, to be fair, the external difference between a fake cleansing for the "live, laugh, love" crowd and a real one is pretty slim; intent makes a larger difference than anything.
And once the cleansing is done -- a binding. Something to keep Peter within his body, within his self. Sort of a reverse exorcism, she supposes. ]
I think it could be whatever they tried to do before, still hanging around. Sort of like a shitty hangover, if you've ever had one. [ He's what, like, seventeen? He's probably had one of those. ] So we'll clear the space, and then do what we can to sort of blow the cobwebs off you, too.
[ She gives him a smile, professional and cool and reassuring. Everything here is under control. ] And I'll need two things from you, even if they sound absolutely fucking stupid, all right? First, I'll need your full name, middle name and all. And second, when we start, I'll need you to really focus on what makes you feel safe. What makes you feel like yourself.
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They could go in circles for hours, she realizes, him describing things he's got only the vaguest vocabulary for and her speculating. Better to get to cleansing. Something with some oomph to it, too, not just mumbling some nice words and lighting a candle. Though, to be fair, the external difference between a fake cleansing for the "live, laugh, love" crowd and a real one is pretty slim; intent makes a larger difference than anything.
And once the cleansing is done -- a binding. Something to keep Peter within his body, within his self. Sort of a reverse exorcism, she supposes. ]
I think it could be whatever they tried to do before, still hanging around. Sort of like a shitty hangover, if you've ever had one. [ He's what, like, seventeen? He's probably had one of those. ] So we'll clear the space, and then do what we can to sort of blow the cobwebs off you, too.
[ She gives him a smile, professional and cool and reassuring. Everything here is under control. ] And I'll need two things from you, even if they sound absolutely fucking stupid, all right? First, I'll need your full name, middle name and all. And second, when we start, I'll need you to really focus on what makes you feel safe. What makes you feel like yourself.