[Lance rolls his eyes in response, but the answer is more than clear enough in its deflection for him to know how to take it. Still, he's made his point, and he'll back off for now; Nate knows he's onto him, and so if he wants to talk more he'll know he can--whether he will or not is another matter--and that's that important part. Lance isn't going to pressure him.]
Yes, that's me, the most professional psychologist ever.
[He is absolutely not and he knows it, despite how seriously he does take his job. And that reminds him that he has some semi-related questions to ask Nate, but he'll do that in a bit; he doesn't want to change the subject just yet. Instead he allows silence for a moment, deciding carefully what he wants to say.]
I'm not going to tell you how to deal with all of this unless you ask me, but... There's a difference between moving past something because you've accepted that you can't change the result, and moving past it because you've accepted the result itself.
[And it's really important, and whenever Nate wants to do the latter instead of the former he's willing to help however he can.]
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Yes, that's me, the most professional psychologist ever.
[He is absolutely not and he knows it, despite how seriously he does take his job. And that reminds him that he has some semi-related questions to ask Nate, but he'll do that in a bit; he doesn't want to change the subject just yet. Instead he allows silence for a moment, deciding carefully what he wants to say.]
I'm not going to tell you how to deal with all of this unless you ask me, but... There's a difference between moving past something because you've accepted that you can't change the result, and moving past it because you've accepted the result itself.
[And it's really important, and whenever Nate wants to do the latter instead of the former he's willing to help however he can.]