The Perfect World (The Perfect World Series Book 1) by Gerard Katalina

Author:Gerard, Katalina [Gerard, Katalina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-01-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Cyrus spent the next few days resting in the hospital. The staff were very attentive towards him, which he suspected was because of where he had escaped from. Scott and Ms. Linda visited him every day, spending a few hours talking to him and sparing him the monotony of listening to the buzzing of the different machines and reading the same four magazines over and over again.

When the wound in Cyrus’s shoulder seemed to be making a nice recovery with no signs of infection, the hospital was considering letting him out. However, he was informed that there were two tests he had to pass before he could be released into the public. One was a physical examination and the other was psychological.

Cyrus understood the need for the physical exam, but he wasn’t quite sure what a psychological exam entailed. When Scott and Ms. Linda arrived that day, he decided to pose the question to them both.

The conversation between the three of them was going fairly normally. They asked him how he was feeling, and he said he felt fine, albeit bored. Scott would usually ask him to compare it to his boredom of sitting in classes in the perfect world, which would make him smile. When the conversation hit a lull, Cyrus cleared his throat and finally decided to ask his questions.

“I’m sure you both know they’re considering letting me get out of this hospital soon,” Cyrus paused as they both nodded as confirmation, “but first I have to complete two tests. One of which is psychological.”

Scott and Ms. Linda exchanged a look but said nothing.

“What is a psychological test exactly? The doctors here said that its some kind of brain examination. Are they going to have to open up my head or something?” Cyrus was a bit nervous at the idea.

“No, not exactly.” Ms. Linda gave him an unusual expression of sympathy. “The doctor you’ll see for this is known as a psychiatrist and they’re trained to study a person’s psyche. The state of your mind, to put it in simpler terms,” she added when she saw she had just confused him further.

“Okay,” Cyrus replied slowly, not really seeing the link, “so these psychi-something or other things are going to, what, study my brain?”

“That’s close enough,” Ms. Linda said with a wry smile. “It’s not as strange as you make it sound. All you’re going to do is sit in a chair and have someone talk to you for an hour.”

The explanation just left Cyrus feeling more confused. “So, wait, how is just sitting and talking examining my brain? Can’t I just do the same thing with you or Scott?”

“I’m afraid we’re not trained for that,” his old caretaker explained patiently. “These psychiatrists spend years studying the human mind so that they can properly examine and treat any problems that they find.”

Seeing the worried look on Cyrus’s face, Scott piped up and said, “Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with you or anything. It’s just that after being in the perfect world system for so long, it can be hard for people to adjust to life inside the Dome.

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