[It was family, then— the fact that Kainé hadn't realized is certainly no fault of Susato's; the woman has gone out of her way to keep to herself in many circumstances. She'd never had the pleasure of meeting Susato's father, but she's sure she'd heard him spoken of— there had been another 'Mikotoba' somewhere.]

Can't say I ever had the chance. That's important work, though.

[Even if she'd never made use of the clinic herself, relying on her own reasonably quick healing and some occasional dreamotion instead, she has a hell of a lot of respect for the people who work there.]

Lot of people depend on folks like him. I'm sure... they'll remember him fondly.