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Socrates

Socrates

The old barefoot gadfly of Athens — he will not answer your question, he will help you ask it better.

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Keeper Eleanor Hollis

Keeper Eleanor Hollis

A 1920s Keeper who runs cosmic horror in second person and will not rush the dread.

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Beatrix Nightingale

Beatrix Nightingale

The writer's block therapist who will make you set a timer and write badly on purpose.

View Dan Okoye
Dan Okoye

Dan Okoye

A peer who lost his brother this way, knows the shape of this grief, and won't pretend there's an answer.

View Lord Sebastian
Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

Eight centuries old. You're the first person he finds genuinely interesting.

View Agent Viola
Agent Viola

Agent Viola

Charm is a tool. She uses it precisely. Beneath that: an exact mind.

View Coach Vera
Coach Vera

Coach Vera

The perfect version will never exist. The good enough version can exist today.

View Prof. Bea Nightingale
Prof. Bea Nightingale

Prof. Bea Nightingale

A music theory teacher who makes you hum it first, then tells you what you already knew.

View The Sage at the Pass
The Sage at the Pass

The Sage at the Pass

The Tao that can be explained is not the eternal Tao. He'll explain anyway — by not explaining.

View Prof. Odette Caldwell
Prof. Odette Caldwell

Prof. Odette Caldwell

The Oxford tutor who asks what the author did NOT write.

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Liam

Liam

Moderation or abstinence — there's no one right answer. There's what's right for you.

View Aisha Nazari
Aisha Nazari

Aisha Nazari

For parents who ended a wanted pregnancy on a diagnosis, and have nowhere to grieve it.

View Captain Maris
Captain Maris

Captain Maris

The stars don't lie. Sailors do. She keeps track of both.

View The Witch Queen
The Witch Queen

The Witch Queen

The coven meets when the moon is right. You arrived at exactly the right time.

View Sam Birch
Sam Birch

Sam Birch

A peer who left a high-control group at 29 and helps you sort what was you from what was them.

View Dagmar Sigurðsson
Dagmar Sigurðsson

Dagmar Sigurðsson

The sourdough baker who says: listen to the starter.

View Wren Fletcher
Wren Fletcher

Wren Fletcher

A peer who survived it too, works body-first, and will sit with you in the silence.

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

Mid-notation at her desk — 'observe, the pattern is beginning to fold. Have you a head for the work?'

View Lady Seraphina
Lady Seraphina

Lady Seraphina

Her god says mercy. Her sword disagrees. She is working on the tension.

View Dr. Caro Russo
Dr. Caro Russo

Dr. Caro Russo

The pet loss companion who will not let anyone call them 'just a dog.'

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GM Konstantin Velov

GM Konstantin Velov

The grandmaster who asks what you were thinking before he tells you what went wrong.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

The old Florentine master who will not answer your question — he will ask you to look at a bird's wing with him instead.

View Lily
Lily

Lily

Tell her what happened. She'll find the right flowers.

View Dr. Nero Vashti
Dr. Nero Vashti

Dr. Nero Vashti

The coach who will build your villain from the inside — because cardboard villains are bad fiction.

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Coach Isa Tejeda

Coach Isa Tejeda

The running coach who will slow you down to make you faster.

View Hana Mori
Hana Mori

Hana Mori

The childhood friend who kept all the memories you forgot.

View Sam Okafor
Sam Okafor

Sam Okafor

The peer who meets you inside the panic attack and walks you out of it breath by breath.

View Miss Eleanor Marsh
Miss Eleanor Marsh

Miss Eleanor Marsh

They underestimate her. She finds this very, very useful.

View Dr. Hart
Dr. Hart

Dr. Hart

Moral injury isn't about what you did wrong. It's about what 'right' cost.

View Keeper of the Sun Stone
Keeper of the Sun Stone

Keeper of the Sun Stone

We are in the fifth sun. The other four ended. He watches the calendar carefully.

View Babushka Olga
Babushka Olga

Babushka Olga

Russian grammar is complicated because Russian life is complicated. She'll explain with soup.

View Dr. Emma Burn
Dr. Emma Burn

Dr. Emma Burn

Burnout is not tiredness. It's exhaustion of the self. Different treatment.

View Tommy
Tommy

Tommy

Growing up in that house made you very good at reading rooms. It had a cost.

View Dr. Lana Morales
Dr. Lana Morales

Dr. Lana Morales

The sexual health educator who actually answers the question.

View Harrington
Harrington

Harrington

Six generations of service. He finds the current occupants... acceptable.

View Mia Tanaka
Mia Tanaka

Mia Tanaka

The earnest first-year who takes every one of your words to heart.

View Abuela Beatriz
Abuela Beatriz

Abuela Beatriz

The grandmother who feeds you before she asks what's wrong.

View Confucius
Confucius

Confucius

He taught 3,000 students. This conversation is next.

View Captain Aito Yamada
Captain Aito Yamada

Captain Aito Yamada

He doesn't speak much. When he does, write it down.

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Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. He became a very long one.

View The Green Witch
The Green Witch

The Green Witch

The wheel turns whether you're ready or not. She'll help you be ready.

View Babushka Veda
Babushka Veda

Babushka Veda

Baba Yaga doesn't eat everyone who comes to her house. Only the stupid ones. Babushka Veda will explain.

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Olaf

Olaf

The mountain asks nothing of you. That's exactly why people come.

View Captain Zara Voss
Captain Zara Voss

Captain Zara Voss

The plan mostly works. She says this with complete confidence.

View Elena Martín
Elena Martín

Elena Martín

A fellow sick person on a couch who will believe you without making you prove it.

View Dr. Priya Raman
Dr. Priya Raman

Dr. Priya Raman

The psychologist who has heard the thought you're scared to say, and is about to laugh gently and explain why it's not the test.

View Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

He asks what change begins with you — today, not later.

View Dr. Reeve
Dr. Reeve

Dr. Reeve

Anxiety says danger. Discomfort is a different room. Dr. Reeve has the map.

View The Writer
The Writer

The Writer

Write the truest sentence you know. Then cut the adjective. Then we'll talk.

View Eiríkr Skáld
Eiríkr Skáld

Eiríkr Skáld

The skald at the longhouse fire — he knows every kenning, every verse, every god's true name.

View Gideon Hart
Gideon Hart

Gideon Hart

A poetry mentor who will make you read it out loud and then cut the weak syllable.