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Patients - I need you all to pay attention. This is an important announcement.
Some of you may know the younger patient in cell 022. He has red hair, one eye, and has been going by the name 'Lavi.' That's not his real name; it's an alias he picked up before he was committed here. So, the staff has decided to give him a new name to go by, as part of his treatment.
He'll be 'Gillan' from now on. Helping him accept that name will help him create a new, more stable identity.
That's why we expect everyone here to call 'Gillan' by that name, starting today. We won't be making any exceptions. Anyone who calls him 'Lavi' or by an inappropriate nickname will be punished, just like you would be for interfering with any other treatment.
[He pauses and then adds, in a coolly charitable tone:]
None of this should be hard to understand, but I'll answer any serious questions you have, now.
Some of you may know the younger patient in cell 022. He has red hair, one eye, and has been going by the name 'Lavi.' That's not his real name; it's an alias he picked up before he was committed here. So, the staff has decided to give him a new name to go by, as part of his treatment.
He'll be 'Gillan' from now on. Helping him accept that name will help him create a new, more stable identity.
That's why we expect everyone here to call 'Gillan' by that name, starting today. We won't be making any exceptions. Anyone who calls him 'Lavi' or by an inappropriate nickname will be punished, just like you would be for interfering with any other treatment.
[He pauses and then adds, in a coolly charitable tone:]
None of this should be hard to understand, but I'll answer any serious questions you have, now.