Challenge #04729-L345: The Hardest Thing to Learn

The Master-Healer looks upon their apprentice with sadness. "There is one lesson I must teach you yet."

~What is it Master?~

"The fact... sooner or later, we will fail"

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=eny9wNGzYAc -- Anon Guest

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"This, above all, I will do no harm," recited the trainee Medik, Min. "I will treat my patients with respect and heed their complaints. I will ask permission where I do not need to act with urgency. I will do my utmost to see them in comfort and ease, whilst seeing to their needs." They were gleaming and proud in their new uniform. Neat and fresh as a daisy.

"Very nice," said Medik Nuz, "Very important, of course. Now you must learn the hard part. You'll learn a lot of it during your nursing years, but there are harder lessons to learn. I'll tell you them, now. And I can only hope you remember them."

"Aside from RTFC[1], doctor?"

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