[Comprehensive British and American] HE saves the world

Out of some unspeakable concern, Bruce Wayne decided to continue his treatment with Nunnally Lampelucci.

Of course, he still refused in his heart about family therapy.The reason is very simple, he still...he is not ready to open his heart so deeply in front of his adopted son.

Bruce Wayne felt that he still had to prepare well for this matter.

As for when to prepare...

...he's always ready anyway.

Compared with these, Bruce has another problem that worries him even more.

He had already had to skip three appointments with Dr. Nunnally Lampelucci because the Gotham gang | gangsters and the super criminals in Arkham were not very safe these days.According to the clinic's regulations, when he ruined their appointment for the fourth time, his name will be put on the clinic's blacklist.

By the way, this rule was told to him gently by the very professional front desk lady after making an appointment with him (for the fourth time).

Bruce Wayne the King of Pigeons: "...I see."

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to hear the taste of "you will die if you let us dove again" from the gentle and soft voice of the assistant lady.

Well, he thinks it's not an illusion.

On the day of the appointment, Bruce Wayne finally packed the escaped double-faced man back to Arkham, and finally rushed into the gate of the clinic at the last minute of the appointment time, he did hear from the assistant There was a real killing intent in the commercial smile.

"I'm sorry, it's just..." Gotham baby Brussie spread her hands pretending to be helpless, "I drank too much the night before, and the girls were too enthusiastic... Just, you know, getting up early is a lot of time Very difficult."

The assistant's eyes drifted to the quartz clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand pointing to 4:3 seemed to be laughing at the weight of his phrase "get up early".Her eyes fell on his chest again, and Bruce straightened the tie that was hanging crookedly around his neck subconsciously, and then remembered to button the shirt button that he couldn't button because he was too rushed.

After he adjusted his appearance again, the assistant's eyes finally became less stern.Still maintaining her business smile, she gave Bruce a slight nod.

"Doctor Lampelucci is waiting for you." She walked in front of him to guide him as he did when he first came, "Please follow me."

Bruce Wayne followed her, walking towards Nunnally Lampelucci's consultation room.

"Speaking of which, have any strange people come to Dr. Lampelucci recently?" Bruce said to the assistant lady as if trying to get closer, "I've heard some... rumors."

Nunnally Lampelucci appeared too suddenly that day, and Penguin's performance at the Iceberg Club did not shy away from others. Many people witnessed that scene with their own eyes, although it would not occupy the headlines like Gotham Baby's scandal , magazine cover (after all, the Gotham media is not stupid enough to offend a mafia boss for a gossip), and everyone knows about it, but the gossip still inevitably spread out secretly.

So, it's no surprise that Bruce Wayne will hear something.

But the assistant lady still maintained her commercial smile.

"I haven't heard any rumors." She said lightly, "If you want to talk about strange people, sorry, sir, there are 'strange people' coming and going here every day, including you."

As if wanting to end his inquiry, the assistant quickly quickened her pace imperceptibly, and stopped in front of the door of the consulting room after a while. She knocked on the door, then turned sideways, and made a "please" gesture to him .

"Here we are, Mr. Wayne," she said, smiling.

Bruce Wayne could only take a deep breath, nodded at her with Brucey's baby's sweet smile, and walked into the consultation room with brisk steps.

I don't know why... He always feels a little guilty.Just a little bit.

I hope that Miss Lampelucci doesn't hold grudges against him for skipping three consultations because her business is so good.

No, he really wasn't here because he didn't want to do family therapy, absolutely not.

……

……

……

You kid still dare to come.

If you want to comment on Ada's mood at the moment, there will be no more suitable words than this sentence.

But as a professional psychiatrist, of course she would not let this murderous intent directly appear on her face.So she just kept her Nunnally-style smile, crossed her fingers on her chest, raised her head and "looked" in his direction.

"Sit down, please." She nodded with a smile. "How are you feeling these days, Mr. Wayne?"

For some reason, upon hearing her tone, the man apologized to her instead.

"I'm sorry, because there have been too many affairs recently..." Bruce Wayne said something that was not sincere at all in a sincere tone, "I'm really sorry for breaking our appointment time."

I trust you.

Ada rolled her huge eyes silently in her heart.

The apology is true, the reason is false.

But Ada has received professional training, and will not simply blow the opponent's head just because he has been released three times.So she just nodded noncommittally and returned to the previous question.

"Compared to before... how do you feel today?" She closed her eyes, using Nunnally's intuition to perceive the other party's emotions, "Your voice sounds... a little tired?"

"Yeah, you know, there are always many...emergencies waiting for you to deal with."

Bruce Wayne deliberately spoke in a casual tone, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite her.

Ada discerned the subtle messages coming from him.

His choice of words... is fantastic.

she thinks.

Speaking in the second person, he unconsciously distanced himself from the person in the speech.As if it wasn't him.

In fact, Ada had noticed a long time ago that Bruce Wayne would use these very distant words from time to time when consulting, partly because he was lying, and partly because... because he was using spectator The author's perspective is examining himself.There was one thing that caught her attention—that is, the more the man told the truth, the more he liked to use the second person or even the third person to evaluate himself.

The closer he is to his truth, the more he speaks from the perspective of a bystander.It's like talking about something that doesn't concern me.

dissociated state.

Ada didn't think so unexpectedly.

Common presentation in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.Alienating oneself who has suffered traumatic events into others, as an object, can be separated from trauma and emotions, and while gaining numbness and peace, it also loses the real sense of life.

"Can you tell me how you feel about those 'emergencies'?" she asked.

"Feelings?" The man's voice paused, "I don't have any thoughts. You know, this is Gotham, no matter what bad things happen here, people can use 'This is Gotham' to explain. Here every day There are 'sudden incidents' happening, everybody has them, there's nothing surprising about that."

Apathy.

Another classic PTSD symptom, Ada thought.

"I'm used to it, Doctor. It's nothing to talk about."

lie.Nunnally's perception told her so.

But she didn't expose him, but followed his words.

"So, is there anything you want to talk about?" she said softly. "Anything is fine. You can say what you want, and I'll listen."

"...Actually." Bruce Wayne paused before laughing flirtatiously again, "I just want to rest now, doctor. I'm very...very tired."

truth.Nunnally's perception said so.

"I see." She nodded and asked a strange question, "Who is your favorite author?"

"What?" Bruce Wayne seemed confused by her question.

"Just chatting casually, okay?" Ada smiled and opened her hands, pressing down gently in the air, "There is no purpose, just like casual chatting, just chatting about things you like, just General chat, okay? By the way, my favorite books are Wuthering Heights and A Tale of Two Cities."

"A Tale of Two Cities? Sidney Carton①? He is indeed a character that girls will like." Bruce Wayne raised his hand to support his cheek, showing a sleepy smile, "I don't like him. A guy who actually achieves nothing Brother, you can’t change the times and you can’t integrate into the times, the greatest meaning of life is to replace the sweetheart of the woman he loves on the gallows.”

"Do you only hate Sidney? That's not fair."

Ada said softly.Her voice was played so softly, so gently, that Bruce's voice became more and more lazy and sleepy.

"The other characters have nothing to talk about. Lucy has no other advantages except gentleness and kindness. Darnay is even duller than her. Madame Defarge's madness is understandable, but her cruelty to Dr. Manette The limit of vengeance has been exceeded... Phoo... Doctor Manette... Phoo... Manette..."

Ada waited quietly.

She didn't make her wait long before she heard the man's breathing gradually becoming softer and heavier.

Bruce Wayne fell asleep.

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Notes: ① Sidney Carton, a character in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities", a classic affectionate male lead in the history of literature, finally gave his life for the happiness of the woman he loved (he was hanged for her sweetheart) up).Nolan admitted that the movie version of Batman referenced this character to a considerable extent.This may explain why the second film's master spare tire is so thoroughly prepared(.)

Family therapy is really a blind spot of my knowledge... I haven't seen many cases in this area.And it's not that the psychiatrist recommends family therapy, and the other party will really carry out family therapy.And as a psychiatrist, the heroine can't beat and scold her patients violently, which is very unprofessional.It must be avoided.

So let's take a longer view.

Psychiatrists cannot scold their patients.

But girlfriends can hit boyfriends.

The following is the tweet time of the friend:

"I'm in the apartment as a mascot" Mr. Xiaxian has a good journey

One-sentence introduction: The whole apartment treats me like a cat.