[ Well, it's been a time. He'd been glad to see Stephen back and around- for a minute, he thought he'd just lost his chance to do this. ]

Sorry, I didn't know you died until today. You're okay now? Did you lose memories?

[ Because 'do the thing' does not inspire confidence. He doesn't wait for a response before he continues. ]

I can tell you what we were planning, because its pretty heavy. I'm getting a NIMA intervention to keep my violent compulsions- yes, we know it's a risk and I still want to go through with it. I took awhile getting to the Admin, but she said it was fine. Now we just need your authorization for the procedure.