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[So, the event's officially over, everything's back to cave-normal, and Lance has had some time to sort out his thoughts on everything. He's also had time to debate with himself on whether he should address something bothering him or just ignore it.

Although he's decided, finally, on the former, it took quite a bit of mental debate; he probably wouldn't have said anything at all if he weren't a psychologist, and weren't concerned that other people might be seriously negatively affected if the issue weren't brought up. Regardless, he's still not exactly looking forward to this entire thing because he can't see it going over all too well, but then again when does anything go over well here?]

Now that the event is over there's something I wanted to address, regarding it and others in the future. I expect there will be disagreement, which is fine, but it would be nice if that disagreement could be discussed in some sort of reasonable manner.

[In other words, not with yelling or threats or murder. He has high hopes for you all!!!]

I'm not going to go into a lot of psychological details and reasoning unless anyone is actually interested, but to summarize: although the idea of simply resisting a compulsion is theoretically appealing, it's not exactly that simple in practice. It also has no correlation at all with being weak, feeble-minded, a failure, or any other negative descriptor I've seen used so freely lately.

[Which he's none too pleased about, even if it doesn't bother him much personally.]

Considering that so many here have so much to worry about and are under enough mental stress already, adding blame for something caused by an outside influence is not exactly helpful, especially in the long run. I'm also just generally unsure that being angry with each other over something caused by an event is the best use of everyone's time and energy.

[Especially when things done by people while completely in control of themselves tend to be overlooked entirely, but he's not even going to touch that topic right now.]

That said, if anyone who has been here for some time has any sort of advice or strategy for identifying and attempting to control an event-caused mental effect, that would be useful. I don't doubt that there might be some techniques that could help, depending on the individual and the specific nature of the event.

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Yes, I haven't even been here for a full month yet and this world is so unlike my own. But I've been rude, haven't I? I am Margaery Tyrell, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. What's your name?

[does the general air of "I am completely out of my depth here" show that much?]

You haven't been rude; introductions are easy to forget here. But it's nice to meet you, and considering your title, what would you like to be called?

[It's... Weird to think that hearing someone is a queen is one of the more normal things about this place, but whatever.]

I'm Dr. Lance Sweets, although Lance is fine.

[Not like his own title means much here; no one listens to him anyway ~~except for the people that do, but let him sulk~~.]

I suppose they are, considering the more weighty issues we have to attend to. And please, call me Margaery.

[a queen who died and was brought back to life, no less]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Lance. What does a doctor do?

[they don't have doctors in Westeros]

[He nods a little in understanding of her preference, before answering the question.]

There are several types of doctors, but I'm a psychologist. I deal with mental health issues, and helping people resolve or work through those they might have in an appropriate manner.

Mental health? [Marg is confused] Is that when someone is too sad or too angry?

Sort of, yes. I primarily work with people who have experienced something traumatic, but psychology is a broad field and different doctors have different focuses.

All of that sounds terribly confusing. In Westeros, all we have are maesters. They attend to our health as well as matters of state and communication.

Kind of like a personal advisor and--

[...Not doctor, obviously, but maybe a different descriptor.]

A healer, combined? When and when I'm from, people who take care of someone's physical health are another type of doctor, and it's a completely separate field to anything political or communications-related.

Yes, though goodness knows I wouldn't have trusted Pycelle with even the smallest matter. Everyone knew he was in the Lannisters' pocket. And the less said about Cersei's pet maester, the better.

So in your world, people learn all of these tasks separately?

[He... Doesn't know who any of those people are, although he makes note of the names, and the sentiment of her words is still clear enough.]

Yes, usually; there are some fields that kind of combine others together, but for the most part people really specialize. There's usually too much to learn, even focusing completely on one subject, for most people.

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[welcome to a crash course in the politics of Game of Thrones]

That sounds so confusing. How do you know which person to go with which problem?

That same way it's probably done in your world; people have different titles that designate whatever their profession and specialty is. There are just likely more titles to remember, in my world.

[For professions at least; if there's a lot of royalty and court stuff in her world then it probably balances out in total.]

Oh, titles. Yes, that would make it easier. So your title is psychologist. Do we have other people with different titles here?

That's one of my titles, yes.

[He has too many.]

Most professions have at least some sort of title with them, so the majority of people here probably have at least one.

Really? What are the rest of your titles?

[she only has the one and it's not really hers anymore. but she clings to it anyway]

But what about those who deal specifically with medicine?

Criminal profiler, and FBI special agent.

[Very fancy. And to be fair, none of his titles--or anyone else's, really--mean anything here.]

Doctor is the general term, but it's also given to people who complete a certain level of study in any other subject. Medical doctors are also further divided into particular specialties, for example an oncologist treats cancer.

Oh. What did you do to earn those titles.

[but her title still means a lot to her, regardless]

So you don't have to be a--a medical doctor to be a doctor? And, what's cancer?

I went to school for a ridiculously long time, and then passed some tests.

[Pretty much the same answer for how he became a psychologist, actually.]

Even though it's confusing, yes, that's right. And cancer is a type of illness.

Oh! Then, it's not so different than being a maester. It's just that maesters are expected to know a little bit of everything while it seems that your doctors are more specific.

[Margaery is trying her darnedest to understand all the things]

It is confusing, but I'm sure I'll understand it all in time. Thank you for being so patient with me.

Pretty much, yeah, I think that's accurate enough.

[At least to get by here, anyway. And he smiles at her last comment; it's a sentiment he understands, even if he doesn't say it often. Patience can make a lot of difference, and he knows it does when people show it towards him.]

You're welcome.

Oh, good. I was afraid I misunderstood.

[everything is so different from what Marg is used to that of course she has a million questions. not everyone has been so polite about explaining matters to her and quite frankly, she's not used to kindness, period]

No, you've got the general idea. The only thing additional thing to know is that 'doctor' is not an easy title to attain; in my world, people typically go to school until they're eighteen, and only some of them continue with additional school after that. A doctoral degree typically requires another ten years of study, at least, so it's a relatively small group that earns one.

[Mostly he's telling her this because--]

So some people are kind of particular about being addressed by their title. It doesn't make any difference to me here, but it does to some people.

That all sounds very complicated, but I suppose it's much smoother in practice. Is it?

[people who don't know how people from Earth do most things = THIS GIRL]

Oh! Rather like I expect to be treated with the respect due a Queen, even though I'm not in the Seven Kingdoms anymore.

Yes and no. Being more familiar with it probably makes it less complicated than it sounds, but it's definitely not a simple process.

[It's kind of a mess, actually. But he nods at her next comment.]

Yes, a lot like that.

If it requires so much study, a person must be truly dedicated to their goal to achieve such a title.

[so is becoming a maester]

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