"Is that why you were so rude to me when I called? You wanted the chance to diagnose me?" "Well, yeah," House said. "I read your book, and caught you on one of those morning shows, when I was stuck in Baltimore last year. AS came to mind immediately. That, or extreme geek syndrome." He looked past her, through the glass walls of his office. "I didn't know that you would come with your own armed guard." "He won't let me get a gun," Brennan said bitterly, just as the door opened behind them.