Overheard Starbuck

"Who's she? She seems full of herself."
---"She's a universal placebo. ...'Membership has its privileges.' ..She's not required to think, or talk. She's what she does, not who she is." (smiles)
"Is that a job? Her religion? ...A hobby?
---If you're hungry, angry, worried, lost, unemployed, grieving, homeless, elated, bored, ignored, doubtful, celebrating, distracted, outraged, excited, dying, etc.---she'll straighten you out quick."
"She's some kind of therapist then?"
---"No greater love--And totally anonymous."
"Sounds kinda sleazy."
---"You don't know anything! People kill and die for her, jag-off."