He tightened his smile, well aware of the delicate situation wrought before him. There was no intent to insult Godot -- quite the contrary, Chilton found him interesting. But the psychiatrist knew that few others appreciated the same framing of individuality in the way that Chilton tended to appreciate it.

"Existential crises are a normal habit of sentient awareness -- and that is not what I'm accusing you of suffering from, Mr. Godot. Not at this point," he said, couching in the words. He didn't want to necessarily immediately contradict what he had just said.

"In essence, what I detect is existentially seeded, but it isn't limited to a normal, circumstantial crisis. This isn't inspired by a midway point in your life, and while it may have at least superficially manifested with your life and death experience, I believe that in fact the experience merely triggered what you always had the potential for," said Chilton, his lengthy explanation delivered with a professional softness in his voice. He always handled his patients with a caring tone, it help to distract from his truer intent.

"I would require your consent to continue any further, of course."