*beams* Thank you so much! And, no guarantees, your prompt triggered a cascade of thoughts on this AU! Miles the psych prof (because it's always the insane who go into psychology) who inspires terror in students and colleagues both and Ivan the slacker research assistant and the lovely Dr. Vorsoisson over in botany.

By Vorrutyer hanging around behind doors and possibly doing some work on the side for Applied Ethics emeritus Dr. Illyan...

And, ooh, I like that idea! Actually, if you have any thoughts on what a longer version of this might look like, feel free to share them. Maybe we could do a collaborative writing thing. ^_;