#for shadowing

{{Going through some stuff on my computer and I realized I hadn’t posted this yet.}}

{{The phrasing is indeed intentional!  A while back in her Strex!verse iteration, Lucy started shadowing a psychiatrist, against her better judgment.  So the “for shadowing” tag has to do with that–pertinent psych things, as well as things about her general mistrust about the whole situation.}}

{{And it’s well-placed mistrust, because things are going to go Badly.}}

{{So the stuff in that tag is for shadowing–in that it’s pertinent to her academic shadowing–but also foreshadowing–because stuff’s going to go pear-shaped.}}

"Pretending’s hard work, you know.

(You do know something about that, don’t you?) (I’m sure.)

“Make-believe” sounds so light-hearted, fanciful.  But sometimes the stakes can be very high— making people believe you,  believe your story,  can have all the consequence  in the world.”