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"That's unfortunate. Has it helped at all with their comfort, if not with the delusions themselves?"

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"I believe they are becoming more comfortable, yes."

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"I see. ...you seem to know a lot about this building, Dr Keaton, may I ask how long you've been working at this particular hospital?

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"Fifteen years."

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"That's quite some time. I understand medicine has changed quite a bit in that time. I wonder, have the sorts of patients you see changed as well? Any ailments more or less common than they used to be?"

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"Why, yes," Dr. Keaton says. "We have a rather more... aggressive sort now than when I first started out. And manipulative as well. Fewer cases of straightforward neurosis."

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"How interesting. What do you think might be the cause?"

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"Many patients with borderline personality, many constitutional psychopaths. I suspect some sort of cultural change in Savannah, possibly related to the Depression."

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"Ah, that makes sense. Desperate times."

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"Indeed. Do you have any further questions or should I arrange for you to speak with Mr. Henslowe?"

A hefty, balding, ham-fisted man with wild eyes and yellow, crooked teeth is biting at the air.

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"We'd like to see Mr. Henslowe, I think? Thank you very much for the tour."

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Dr. Keaton leaves to arrange this, after assigning an orderly to keep an eye on them. 

The ham-fisted man with wild eyes twists away from the orderly and bites him, hard. The orderly shrieks.

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" - if someone can pry them apart we should see if the orderly needs medical attention - " Wow Anemone is not remotely qualified for prying people apart though.

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The wild-headed man charges straight for Anemone and bites her.

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Yeah, Carrie doesn't think she's at all qualified or informed enough to help with this situation. She's going to stay-- oh.

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Anemone might be able to talk the patient down if WOW OKAY. 

She twists away from the man and dodges. 

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Zoe screams for an orderly. 

The man turns and, attracted by Zoe's screaming, tries to bite her. Using her acrobatic skills, Zoe easily eludes him.

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"Wow, okay, there's no need for that, can you tell us what's wrong?"

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"Mouths," the man says, "mouths--" and now he's trying to bite Lacie.

...and instead of doing this trips over his own feet.

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"Wow, you know about the mouths! - hold up, man, can you tell us about them?"

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"Mouths," he says, calmer now that someone is paying attention to him, "mouths on the walls-- biting-- Have to bite."

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"Right, mouths everywhere, aren't there. Do you know where they come from?"

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"No."

An orderly comes to restrain him. "Sorry about that, ma'am. Dangerous place, hospitals. I'm glad none of you were hurt."

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"I understand, of course. I think the orderly might need medical attention. - Do you know why the mouths want you to bite things?"

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"We'll see to that right away," the orderly says, "no worries, ma'am. Please don't play into Mr. Culver's delusions."

And Mr. Culver is carted away by an orderly.

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