Oh. Well it's something of a long story really, but um...I'm rather used to it, these days. It's not such a bad curse, all things considered. More useful, than anything.

[He shrugs, like it's nothing. Never mind that it had been a source of bitterness and strain for the better part of three years, that it's only recently he's come to understand it better. Knows, at last, where it came from. Has come to accept it.]

Healing magic, you see. Not a bad thing for a doctor to possess. More effective than leeches, anyway.