Mercer reveals to Bishop that they are a professional killer who has been experiencing issues following through on work lately. Mercer suspects this may be due to emotional instability from a traumatic childhood where they lost their entire family from a young age and merely survived, not lived, with adoptive parents who did not treat them like family. Mercer came to Bishop seeking help to understand the root of the problem and whether they still want to kill or not.

1. why. My "occupation" j-s that of a professional
killer.
1 . Bishop: (cJ.ears throat) weII... I, um...
2. Mercer: you said to be honest
3. Bishop: (inhal.es/exhales) you're being serious?
4 . Mercer: yeah
5. Bishop: so... why exactly are you here?
5. Mercer: I said so earlieri lately I've been havlng
some issues following through on my work.
1. Bishop: and why do you think that is?
Mercer: no idea. I suppose it could be that I'm
slightly emotionally unstable from my childhood and
1t's only just taking effect now. Maybe I just don't
want do kill anymore. Honestly, I have no idea.
That's why I'm here.
Blshop: ok, well... rhy would you be emotionally
unstable from your childhood?
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Mercer: can you be more sPeclfic?
Bishop: can you think of any situation which
have maybe... traumatised you in some way? Did
lose anyone when you were Young?
(A PAUSE THAT T.ASTS AROITND 3 SECONDS)
. Mercer: (sighs) yeah kind of
. Bishop: family member?
. Mercer: family members, all of them actually
. Bishop: oh, well that certainly would be
disturbing for anyone... how old were you when you
lost them?
71 . Mercer: more or less the day f was born
actually. My parents weren't reaIIy the "parentLng"
type. Not to me anyway. To them I wasn't a family
member... just some kid who lived with them- Actually
"survived" is a better word to use. What I had
wasn't fivinq, it was existing.