( He settles back against the counter, hips digging into the lip of it, something not terribly unlike defeat slipping into his posture. )

Not a doctor.

( Although not because he couldn't get a doctorate, so much as... it isn't important to him or his career. )

Criminal psychology. I teach it, and I... profile serial killers for murder investigations. I'm particularly well-versed in the art of mental retreat. The problem is just that it's unfeasible to stay there.