Oh, I'm not usually stoned in the field. I mean, I've gotten stoned in fields but not.
[ Squint. ]
Not when I'm working, I mean. If I'm stoned while working? Something's wrong.
[ She's used smoke to keep injured people comfortable and disinclined to move around and hurt themselves before the healer arrives, so it stands to reason that she'd have to be in a similar strait. ]
...Being emotional, [ Richard clarifies, helpfully, after a beat that might be strange if he wasn’t committed to being strange all of the time. His posture hasn’t changed. ]
I haven’t seen any evidence of your being emotional hindering your ability to complete an objective.
[ The alternate denial is a curious one. He is clearly making a Mental Note -- prying interest briefly transparent in the furrow of his brow. ]
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Date: 2020-04-06 05:39 pm (UTC)There are ways to center the mind away from extremes in situations where getting stoned may not be practical.
[ He pauses to reflect: ]
Not that I’ve seen any evidence of it hindering your performance in the field.
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Date: 2020-04-08 04:17 am (UTC)[ Squint. ]
Not when I'm working, I mean. If I'm stoned while working? Something's wrong.
[ She's used smoke to keep injured people comfortable and disinclined to move around and hurt themselves before the healer arrives, so it stands to reason that she'd have to be in a similar strait. ]
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Date: 2020-04-10 07:51 am (UTC)I haven’t seen any evidence of your being emotional hindering your ability to complete an objective.
[ The alternate denial is a curious one. He is clearly making a Mental Note -- prying interest briefly transparent in the furrow of his brow. ]
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Date: 2020-04-10 11:45 pm (UTC)Maybe it's because I have an objective to focus on.