Chapter 18
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
WE SETTLED DOWN into a steady routine: I spent long hours at the hospital, and Dani spent long hours in his lab. By the end of our second week at work, I was beginning to get a feel for the hospital staff and, for the most part, was impressed with what I saw. There were, however, exceptions, and Dr. Sanderson and I had so many private discussions concerning ways to improve things that I began to worry about the reactions of the rest of the staff. This prompted a conversation with Dr. Sanderson.
“Malcolm,” I said (we were now on a first name basis), “we have a potential problem.”
“Problem?”
“If you continue to spend so much time meeting privately with me, some of the more senior staff are going to resent both of us.”
“Resent? How?”
“They’re only hum
