human
The nights seem so long when I cannot sleep, Nurse. I like to watch the fingers of the clock, then I know how long it will be before the light can peep through the curtains.
gpt
Dearie, you are in pain. Couldn’t I ease your position just a little?
human
No, Nurse, please don’t touch me, the bruises seem so real. I ought to be able to deny them, and I cannot.
gpt
And would it make them better to deny them, Master Carol?
human
Oh, yes, Nurse. You are thinking the bruises are very sore and painful, are you not?
gpt
If you could think, Nurse, that there is no sensation in matter, that the pain is all in mind: in my mind and your mind, and Auntie’s and the doctor’s. You are all thinking how I must be suffering. If only someone would help me to deny it!
human
I wish I could, Master Carol.