Audience: Sheila Hammond

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Sick leave is for other people with worse conditions, Mrs. Hammond. I was able to work, and so I did. It would have been worse to do nothing during that trial.

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So... If anyone else got shot, lost their eyes, died and came back to life, you'd tell them to suck it up and go to work?

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Of course not.

[and they sound like it's absurd for sheila to suggest that?





they are missing the point entirely.]

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Then why are you telling yourself to suck it up and go to work?

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It would be far more damaging being alone with my own thoughts and research rather than being productive as best as I can.

[there.]

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Than don't be alone. Gluttony, Pride and Envy were just as fucked as you. Hang out with them. Commiserate.

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You've met the three of them, haven't you? [none of them are the paragon of healthy discussion.]

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... Yeah, you guys are not good at talking about your feelings.

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There's no sense in it, Mrs. Hammond. [a beat.] We all have other people to rely on, if that counts for anything.

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I disagree. [...] But it does count for something. A little.

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...my life has been shaped by several tragic events. To continually think of them and discuss them would only set me back further rather than make my way forward. I understand not everyone agrees.