“That is correct,” Kuai confirmed, watching as she scribbled something onto the paper.
“And you are 43 years old?” She questioned again, barely looking over towards him.
“Yes.” He didn't know what else to say to that. Just watched as she continued to write on the paper.
“I have a questionnaire here, that I would like you to fill out. It is fairly self explanatory but with each question you have a scale of 0 to 4, with 0 being never and 4 being every day.” She sat up straight, adjusting her glasses on her nose as she passed Kuai the questionnaire. “General Blade mentioned that you were quite reluctant to go through with this, may I ask for what reason?”
Kuai Liang stayed silent for a few seconds, before clearing his throat and saying “I just do not believe I need it.” He went to look down at the questionnaire. Like The Therapist had said they were all fairly straight forward, questions about how he was sleeping, how he felt most days. A part of him wanted to lie and tick 0 for everything, but he'd promised Hanzo that he would at least try to do this properly.
“Is that really why you didn't want to come?” The Therapist questioned, her head was tilted to one side as she watched Kuai ticking the various boxes. He felt self conscious about that, especially since the majority of the boxes were in the 3 and 4 categories.
“No...” Kuai stated as he got to a question that asked if he ever had thoughts that he'd be better off dead. He ticked 3. “I'm scared that you're going to tell me that I'm broken...” The final question was a yes or no. Have you made plans to end your life in the last 2 weeks? He ticked yes. “And that I can't be fixed.”
He passed the questionnaire back to her, refusing to meet her gaze. “Mr Song, I can assure you, you are not broken.” Kuai finally looked up at her. “You have been through trauma, and that is hard even under normal circumstances. My hope through these sessions is to give you an understanding of that trauma, and a way to contextualise it and methods to cope in a healthy manner.” The Therapist looked down at the questionnaire, scribbling some scores underneath. “I am here to help you, but to do that, I need you to be open to my suggestions, are you okay with that?”
“Yes,” Kuai barely managed to whispered. “I am... Okay with that. ” He paused, feeling a lump in his throat. “Thank you.”
She smiled at him, “why don't we start by discussing your answers on the questionnaire?” He nodded, smiling back slightly.
I am not broken.
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