He'll ask me why I'm here. I'll tell him I don't know. And that's true in so many realms, but I'll keep the clichés to myself. And there might be some silence. And then maybe he'll ask if I've ever hurt myself, or thought about hurting myself, which I guess is the pleasantest way of asking if I use my cutlery for eating or for breathing. And I'll shake my head no as I subtly turn my arm face down. Because that was a younger– older– shameful– proud– self-sacrificing– but mostly self-centered– me. And who likes to bring up Her in polite company? So then we'll sit. Maybe more silence. He'll start asking questions I don't really want to answer, but only because they bore me. And maybe he'll bring up ***. Or not, but we'll end up talking about it, and he'll read something into that, like it's always on my mind, but it's not. It's just the only thing I know how to do. He won't chastise me, but he should. And then someone might mention school, and ah, here's the real problem, he'll think. I'll launch into my grades and the fact that they barely exist. And he'll ask me why, but the most I'll be able to tell him is that school just doesn't really do it for me. We might talk about that for a while, but it'll get old quickly when all I can repeat is how apathetic I am, one way or another. So he'll ask me why I'm here. And I'll tell him I don't know.