"Right. Therapy is kind of thin on the ground here." She realizes Araceli might not have that exact word for it, so she adds, "At home, they've got a few different ways to treat problems of the mind. Not perfect, by any means, and some work better than others, but there's like... a framework. A way to talk about it."
She takes a sip of her drink, once it arrives.
"One of the treatments is talking about it with someone trained to know how to guide you through it. That's the simplest explanation of therapy. It's... yeah. I don't know."
A longer pause.
"It's, um. Also harder with rumors going around about Rifters. Our origin. I don't know which ones you've heard, but it can be hard for me to stay centered when I'm not even sure if I'm real in the same way that Herian is. On the other hand, what does real even mean in this context? Or am I just worrying about it because I'm still unbalanced from... from what they did. Deep down where I'm not conscious of it."
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She takes a sip of her drink, once it arrives.
"One of the treatments is talking about it with someone trained to know how to guide you through it. That's the simplest explanation of therapy. It's... yeah. I don't know."
A longer pause.
"It's, um. Also harder with rumors going around about Rifters. Our origin. I don't know which ones you've heard, but it can be hard for me to stay centered when I'm not even sure if I'm real in the same way that Herian is. On the other hand, what does real even mean in this context? Or am I just worrying about it because I'm still unbalanced from... from what they did. Deep down where I'm not conscious of it."