Lisa rolled her eyes. Again, Victoria had broken up with Dean again, and they were doing that passive aggressive thing where they weren't talking, but clearly wanted to get back together asap. Lisa stood up from her desk, she'd spent most of her time in an office space ever since she'd joined the Wards. They didn't even want her in the field, even if her powers gave her better advantages seeing things through her own eyes. No. She was just in logistics, working with other thinkers online, figuring out the weak points of strategies and locations of criminals all across the country.

In the office, she was plain old Lisa. Sure, her cape name was Insight, but it wasn't like she used it often. More often, she'd go out of her way prod a reaction from the Wards to get an entertaining reaction. She walked over to Victoria. "Bad break up?" Lisa said, giving a fake sympathetic frown as she stared at her.

Victoria was sitting on the lounge sofa, a bit distant and overthinking the fight she'd gotten into with Dean. Why do people over complicate relationships? Lisa thought to herself. Already, her powers were telling her tiniest details of what had gone wrong in Victoria's love life. Victoria looked over at Lisa, and gave a small glare. "Not now," Victoria groaned, "can't you bother someone else?"

Lisa couldn't blame her attitude, after all, she had gone out of her way to knock Victoria down a peg. She liked pissing off Victoria. Maybe it was the prestigious attitude, or her presumptuous high moral stance she always tried taking, but Lisa always felt the need to criticize Victoria in the most irking ways. But now, that didn't matter. Lisa wanted to help. "Listen, Victoria. I know I'm not an expert on relationships, but blaming Dean for all the issues isn't going to work forever. You and him break up almost every other week. There's something more going on between you two, and it needs to be fixed before the next problem occurs."

Lisa took a seat next to Victoria. She continued, "you both fought, that's normal. But breaking up every time an argument pops up isn't a way to argue. Could you imagine if a married couple divorced and got back together again and again, the same way you two do?"

"Well what the hell am I supposed to do?" Victoria yelled, "it's not my fault he's such an idiot."

"Look," Lisa said, doing her best not to deflect a criticism at her. "What I'm saying is, learn how to argue without the breakup. And most importantly, try seeing things from his perspective, while better explaining yourself in a way he can understand."

"I did explain myself!" Victoria flung her hands in the air, "that idiot insulted me!"

"He didn't know it was an insult," Lisa deduced.

"How could he not know?"

"Because he can't read minds like I do... And boys are stupid."

That made Victoria chuckle. "I just," she sighed, "want him to understand."

"Here," Lisa said, "I have a few communication tricks that might help him better understand what you're feeling. But I want you to remember something Victoria, the same way you want him to understand you, you have to go an extra effort to try and understand him. Can you do that for me?"

Victoria nodded.

"Alright, step number one, use 'I', and not 'you'. Talk in first person perspective, and never assume the other person's emotion. That's presumption, and makes them feel less inclined to listen."

Victoria thought about that, and realized she'd belittled Dean with more than a few sentences with their last argument.

"Two, don't parrot the opinions of others to him, and especially don't let him know who said it. Relationships are private, and that added pressure leads to mental exhaustion."

Another mistake Victoria had done. She'd echoed some of Amy's criticism of him, into his face. Another level of guilt fell unto her.

"Three, convey yourself. Remember how I said guys are stupid? Guys are stupid, but they're also understanding when the problem is explained to them, especially when its someone they truly care about."

Victoria rubbed at her cheeks, that last sentence hit a hammered nail. She was such a jerk to him, and he didn't deserve the harsh words she'd given him.

"Now," Lisa said leaning back, proud to defuse the situation. "I'd like to talk about you."

Here it comes, Victoria said to herself, embracing herself for criticism.

"First, he didn't know the stuff animal he showed you wasn't cute. He thought it was funny. And when he said you looked like an Aardvark stuffed animal, he was calling you cute, he didn't mean to call your face weird."

"Well, yeah, but he still-"

"No," Lisa shook her head. "Here's the real problem, you're assuming everyone thinks like you, but that's not the case. You're a smart girl with good principals, but not everyone thinks identically. So what he meant as a compliment, you took as an insult. And that's the problem with all of your breakups, you see from your perspective, but never consider that it's not wrong from anther's perspective. So if you want to avoid another break up over nothing, and actually have a chance in a serious relationship with Dean, you'll have to stop seeing things from your own mindset, and properly ask him to convey what he means. Remember, communication, and staying calm, is the only way a relationship can truly last."

Victoria rubbed at her eyelids. It was a repetitive cycle, she and Dean almost always fought under the same circumstance. Miscommunication, and then Dean returning to her to explain what he meant. She sighed at herself.

"Speak of the devil," Lisa pointed backwards, and Dean entered the hall. "Listen," Dean said, hoping Victoria had calmed down. "I just wanted to say-"

Victoria jumped at him and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry," she interrupted, "I'm an idiot. I'll think before I talk."

Completely in shock, Dean looked over to Lisa. Lisa tossed at peace sign at the both of them. She smiled and said, "call me by my other cape name. Cupid."