[Lights come up in Dr. Morgan’s office. He’s reading a journal. Takes a yellow Post-It and attaches it to a page. Makes a note on it. Continues to read. Bret enters, hurriedly.]

DR. MORGAN (looks up) You’re late.

BRET Sorry. I was at church and the sermon went on a bit longer than I expected.

DR. MORGAN You go on weekdays, too?

BRET Sometimes.

DR. MORGAN I still did when I was your age, too. My mother made me. She was such a good Catholic I used to tell her the Pope should fly in to confess to her.

BRET I know the drill. My father is a pastor and he still wishes I’d follow in his footsteps.

DR. MORGAN You’ve got a lot of repair work to do. Sometimes it takes a while for all of us to transfer our evidence-based training to our other beliefs.

BRET I expect to keep my faith, sir. I