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“Wow, there are a lot of programs listed here.”

“I’ll bet there are.”

“Do you want me to read you all of these?”

“No, but I just need you to End Task everything here except Id, Ego, and SuperEgo.”

“Everything?!?”

“…except Id, Ego, and SuperEgo. Just make sure you don’t hit Control-Alt-Delete twice in a row, or you’ll have to start all over again.”

“He won’t lose anything if I do this, will he?”

“No, we just want to get rid of any possible conflict.”

“Okay… I see one thing here called I’mSorry.exe.”

“End task on that, too.”

“Really?”

“No, we won’t be needing that.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure. Let me know when you’ve ended task on everything.”

“Uh, okay…wow, I’ve never been in here. I don’t even recognise most of these…okay, it’s done. Only Id, Ego, and SuperEgo are left.”

“Okay. Alright. Now, I need you to answer a few questions.”

“Okay.”

“Is he in earshot?”

“Oh, yes, he’s right here.”

“Good. Okay. How much do you love him?”

“I’m sorry?”

“How much do you love him?”

“Oh…I wasn’t expecting that question.”

“Right. Sounds like he wasn’t either.”

“Oh…”

“Right. But how would you answer it?”

“Well, I love him a lot, I guess. But, yeah, that question is kind of unfair. And scary.”

“Is there an answer to that question that would most satisfy you?”

“Oh, I just expected him to say something like ‘a whole lot.’ I didn’t mean it in an accusatory way. And in the morning, too, wow--hey, he’s back up!”

“He is?”

“Yes, he’s happy, he’s eating toast, he’s fine.”

“Oh, good.”

“Thank you so much-what was your name, again?”

“Rob.”

“Well, Ron--“

“Rob, actually.”

“Sorry. Rob…you’ve saved our relationship!”

“Glad to help. Thank you for calling Human Male Support.”

“Thank you! Goodbye.”

“--Have yourself a good day.”

“Okay, goodbye.”

CLICK.

“Crud. I forgot to give her a reference number.”