Jack had made it sound like a precaution, a buffer between Will Graham and… Will Graham. That was never how he said it, but it was there in his tone, the same way you can hear a crack forming in a wall before it actually breaks. He called it "therapy." Will preferred to think of it as "putting a leash on the part of me that works too well."

The chair was too upright. He shifted in it, trying not to look uncomfortable, though he was. His gaze caught on the texture of the floor for a moment—scuffed, faint marks from shoes, someone pacing, maybe more than once. It was easier to catalog that than it was to meet a stranger’s eyes. Jack thought he’d talk, not understanding that most of Will's talking happened in his head. He could already predict the questions before they were even asked.

How often do you sleep, Mr. Graham? What do you see when you close your eyes?

The answer: a life life isn't his. As for sleeping, well, he preferred to avoid nightmares.

Will wondered how long before you started to see it too—that what made him useful was the same thing that made him dangerous to myself, and maybe, eventually, to others. It wasn't the sort of thing you could explain without sounding like you’re trying to be poetic or dramatic. That, or you just sound plain crazy. Living inside other people's moments... it didn't wash off. Bits of them clung to him; sounds, smells, flashes of the way their hands moved when they decided to take a life. Sometimes he couldn't really tell where the memory ends and he begins.

The hum of the light above was louder than it should have been, threading itself between his thoughts. He catalogued it the same way he did with the floor—anything to keep from thinking about why I was really here.

The person across from him was supposed to help. Or monitor him. Maybe both, as Will wasn't sure what exactly Jack was thinking when he decided this was a good idea. But he already knew this would be another exercise in control—someone else’s over him, and his over… whatever was eating away at him, one case at a time.