Deleted Scene from Summer's End: Talking With the Counsellor

This one is offered free to all readers and listeners.

I've spent the past few days updating The Spell of Summer and Summer's End with new front and back matter for both the digital versions and the paperbacks, and I came across this deleted scene among my files that I had completely forgotten I wrote. I thought I'd share it with you. Please note that my thoughts below will contain mild spoilers and the sce…