"Dorian, wonderful to meet you. Come sit, if you'd like. No need to hover, plenty of room." He gestures at the closest chair, setting his book aside in favour of the conversation.
"Oh, goodness, I do have an MD in there somewhere. It seemed prudent, to have at least some basic medical knowledge. But -- god, it feels so odd to be able to talk about it. But what is classified, really, when you're in another dimension?
I work with what we call the paranatural. A little portmanteau of paranormal and supernatural, coined by my predecessor, since he didn't like the Bureau's use of thaumaturgical. A little too spooky, you know, when most of our work is still based very much in science.
But!" He holds a hand up apologetically. "I'm rambling. The long and short if is that I study parallel and alternate dimensions. Or at least that's my main focus -- or was, back at the Bureau."
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"Oh, goodness, I do have an MD in there somewhere. It seemed prudent, to have at least some basic medical knowledge. But -- god, it feels so odd to be able to talk about it. But what is classified, really, when you're in another dimension?
I work with what we call the paranatural. A little portmanteau of paranormal and supernatural, coined by my predecessor, since he didn't like the Bureau's use of thaumaturgical. A little too spooky, you know, when most of our work is still based very much in science.
But!" He holds a hand up apologetically. "I'm rambling. The long and short if is that I study parallel and alternate dimensions. Or at least that's my main focus -- or was, back at the Bureau."