The electrodes are attached to the ankles, wrists, and chest, which are first roughened with fine sandpaper. The cardiogram takes only a moment, it feels like a photograph, even though it is more like a video.

The occupant has a new word: supraventricular tachycardia. The occupant has another new word: cervicogenic migraine. The occupant has never heard them before. The occupant’s conditions are given uncertain names because they haven’t been properly examined or caught on record; measuring them fails or it is not possible. For some things, you should just trust the occupant and what they tell you about themselves.

The occupant who has become a client looks at the doctor’s forehead and the doctor records that their eye contact is good.