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“You’re giving me that death look. [I don’t have a death look.] You did whenever I gave you homework, told you something you didn’t want to hear. [It’s just my face. You had carbon monoxide poisoning. You had a seizure because your blood sugar bottomed out, but we were able to bring it back up and oxygenate you. And in theory, you should be well enough to go home tomorrow.] In theory? [You know that I have to call psych now. I don’t want to, but it’s the law all suicide attempts have to be reported.] Suicide attempt? Hold up. One minute, I was 200 pages in to the newest Margaret Atwood, curled up next to my heater, the next I’m in some space chamber in the hospital. [You didn’t do this on purpose?] Never again. [You were in your home.] Well, I wasn’t in my garage with a locked door, a note, and a death wish. If you want to 5150 me for forgetting to change the batteries in my CO detector, that’s fair because that thing’s been out for months, and I-I could’ve died.”