Letters

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number

Hello, Sunshine,

Sorry to vanish like that, but I've got some family business. You ought to come and visit -- there will be all kinds of scandal for you to pry into, all kinds of property for you to rifle through, and all kinds of reasons to feel terribly sorry for me and obligated to cook for me. Kitchen here's tops, by the way.

Address is inside, if you want. And bring my maid, will you?

Your pitiable, suffering alchemist,

-- AMB

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Dear Milla,

I apologize for taking a leave of absence from your current program of care, but I have been called away to consult on a family case involving some of the most unfortunately unstable individuals I have ever had occasion to treat.

As your clinician, I must recommend your attendance at this particular away-care program. It's a lovely lakeside retreat; very private, and my professional opinion is that at this stage of your treatment, such a residency would be advisable for the near term. Of particular interest is the water therapy program on offer here; I believe we've discussed in the past the benefits of hydrotherapy for schizophrenia, so I recommend you bring a bathingsuit. You would be under my care, of course.

I imagine your current guardians will wholly support your participation in this program, if they value your health. I am enclosing address information for the location of the residency.

Best Wishes,

Dr. A Marshall

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RK,

Call it telepathy, but I think you need to get out of town for a little. Right?

Probably that's the only place we'll be able to talk about Nao Chri my your things.

You remember the place, right?

See you.

Fidelis,

AMB

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When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I'm sure we've been through this before