"Some power—I had the power to curse and scream and that was all. Maybe it wouldn't hurt so much if the child had died of an illness, something I couldn't cure, but he died from ignorance, Nate, pure ignorance." "It won't happen again." "Yes, it will. Ignorance is the hardest thing to cure." "No, it won't. At least not here in the Grove." "Why not?" "Because we have a fancy new city doctor named Viveca Lancaster." Vivid turned to him and looked into his eyes. "What are you saying?" she asked. "That I want you to have the position on a permanent basis, starting now." "Why now, why today?"
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