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His head bobbed now,the tempo of his foot "And that bothers you?"

Violet wasn’t sure how to answer It’s not like she’d never considered the question before: Did it bother her to find those who’d been killed? Would she rather not be drawn to unsettled bodies? That depended, she supposed She liked helping, being useful, and the teae talent And she didn’t mind the dead, necessarily; they certainly deserved to be at peace

But would she rather be like everyone else? Maybe

Probably

She picked at a hangnail on her index finger,an angry red strip of raw skin in its place "I don’t knoas all she could come up with for a response

Dr Lee let it pass "Okay Well, how’s everything else going this week? Anything happening at ho with your friends or your boyfriend that you want to talk about?"

This tienuine and Violet’s cheeks flushed as her eyes lifted to ood Especially with Jay He gets me, you know?"

"And you mentioned before that he knows about what you can do?" He’d picked up her file and was leafing through it now, looking at old notes he’d written "You two have known each other since you were seven?"

She nodded "He’s the only one of my friends I’ve ever told"

Dr Lee leaned forward, his pale eyes intense "So you trust him with your secrets?"

There was a note in his voice, so that made Violet hesitate as she tried to place it "Completely Jay would never betray me"