Well to start with: I want to apologize for how I acted the last time we spoke. It was not exactly a good situation to find oneself in and you ended up being treated very badly as a result.
[... His apology might not actually be that sincere. But acting apologetic tends to get the best results when you want to talk to people like Marco again.]
Oh, no, please don't worry. I understand you weren't yourself.
[Sooner or later, Marco will learn - but as far as this encounter goes, he's under the impression it was a simple case of, well, Ryslig doing what Ryslig does best.]
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<marco>
Of course.
Should I head to your office?
<doctorize>
[And want to, really, given the last time these two had properly held a conversation...]
Otherwise I'm fine with continuing this conversation here instead.
<marco>
What's the matter, Doctor?
<doctorize>
[... His apology might not actually be that sincere. But acting apologetic tends to get the best results when you want to talk to people like Marco again.]
<marco>
Oh, no, please don't worry. I understand you weren't yourself.
[Sooner or later, Marco will learn - but as far as this encounter goes, he's under the impression it was a simple case of, well, Ryslig doing what Ryslig does best.]
<doctorize>
<marco>
[Especially considering he thought this was going to be about something he did... even though he's not sure what that would have been.]
Still, don't worry about it.
:)
<doctorize>
[Back to business, however, as more importantly...]
How many times have you died during your stay here, Marco?
[... Well that's a fucking swerve of conversation topics, isn't it.]
<marco>
Well, it's a good thing Marco actually has a counter in his interface, because this would be even more awkward otherwise.]
Ten.
Why?
<doctorize>
[was there seriously ten marco zombies roaming around during the event jesus]
<marco>
Ah.
Yes, you probably did.
Sorry if they gave you any trouble.
<doctorize>
[Curious, more like.]
<marco>
healthy.
Haha.
<doctorize>
[Like he's not talking to corpse number 11 of Marco actually, is he.]
<marco>
Why?
[Fine as he'll ever be, for the most part, but there's no need to get into details outside of the doctor's office, right?]
<doctorize>
<marco>
Well, I
[... Oh man this is going to sound bad]
I died once, but to be quite honest, I can't remember if that was before or after our last appointment.
<doctorize>
<marco>
schedule, then.