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Erik watched Maddy with interest as she entered the room. [color=00a651][i]'Is she going to tell Teres she was wrong about me now or later?'[/i][/color] On one hand it would excellent to put this concern entirely behind them, but as he considered it, it would be more difficult for Maddy to enter it into the conversation naturally. Maddy seemed to find a compromise and stated that he had kindly already forgiven her. He gave her a nod of acceptance and then glanced at Teres pointedly hopefully reminding her to do what he had asked later. Maddy also seemed to be feeling quite braver, looking much better as well, he wondered idly if he would see the return of personalized handkerchief at some point in the future or if it would be kept like a souvenir. It did not particularly matter, he had several more.

He turned and found that Teres had solved the riddle quite quickly.[color=00a651]"Nice one."[/color] He said it with a grin pleased to find that she had once again met his standards. He watched as Maddy and Teres said a few more words between each other and Teres asked the group as a whole how long they had been there. Michael seemed to ignore the question, preferring the reality where everyone was an insatiable riddle addict that liked talking to dog puppets. Teres took a bite of her food before glancing between all of them. 

[color=ed145b]"So... How long have you all been here?"[/color]

Erik glanced at the calendar on the wall and did some quick mental math. As much as this place was hell for him, it was difficult not to lose track of the days in the monotonous routines of the place. [color=00a651]"I've been here for the second longest amount of time, about a month. I have another two months to go according to the staff. There aren't too many things to do so fighting boredom in whatever manner you can helps a lot, though there are few things that can make it more livable. I hope the outside world hasn't grown too dull without me."[/color] He laughed as though he had been joking, but he was genuinely interested in what was going on outside the walls of this house. There weren't too many opportunities to find out under the strict eyes of the nurses.

[color=ed145b]"I got sent here because I am supposed to have D.I.D., you know Dissociative Identity Disorder? They used to call it multiple personality disorder? It's all bullshit though."[/color] Teres said all this quickly, trying to get it all out in the air as fast as possible.

[color=00a651]"I believe you."[/color] Erik replied instantly. [color=00a651]"I am in a pretty similar situation myself. A lot of the time people get stuck here for petty reasons. The court system really just doesn't want to deal with us so they put us in here."[/color] Erik had very little doubt that Teres was telling the truth, after all if they could put him in here anyone could be a victim.