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The Sick Man
The nurse works with the narrator to lead tour groups filled with wealthy, dying adventurers; her job is to provide the medications, treated air, and immunized water that allow the tourists to survive their trip. The narrator is often frustrated with the nurse for siding with the tourists against him.
The Nurse Quotes in Things We Didn’t See Coming
The Things We Didn’t See Coming quotes below are all either spoken by The Nurse or refer to The Nurse . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Best Medicine
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The nurse is forcing cups of antiviral water on everyone. I'm freezing all of a sudden and I motioned for her to turn up the air. Down the aisle, the group is all plugged into their viewers, watching trade data come in from all over the waking planet. I lower my voice, as if it will do any good. I'm sure at least one of them has a monitor on.
“I'm still doing tours, Dad.”
“That's a surprise.”
[…] “I work with the dying, dad. I’m helping people.”
“No explanation needed. Just glad to hear your voice. My surprise is only conceptual, that there are still tours, still sites to see. Still people to pay. But someone always has the money, right? You worked that out a long time ago, didn't you?”
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The Nurse Quotes in Things We Didn’t See Coming
The Things We Didn’t See Coming quotes below are all either spoken by The Nurse or refer to The Nurse . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Best Medicine
Quotes
The nurse is forcing cups of antiviral water on everyone. I'm freezing all of a sudden and I motioned for her to turn up the air. Down the aisle, the group is all plugged into their viewers, watching trade data come in from all over the waking planet. I lower my voice, as if it will do any good. I'm sure at least one of them has a monitor on.
“I'm still doing tours, Dad.”
“That's a surprise.”
[…] “I work with the dying, dad. I’m helping people.”
“No explanation needed. Just glad to hear your voice. My surprise is only conceptual, that there are still tours, still sites to see. Still people to pay. But someone always has the money, right? You worked that out a long time ago, didn't you?”
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