“We can’t always tell you hopeful words. We’ll end up scarring the patient’s family if we give empty promises like ‘we’ll definitely save someone’. That’s why we always use the phrase ‘we’ll do our best’. Our best – you might think that it sounds irresponsible. You might think that we’re just asking you to not hold us responsible since we did our best and were just unlucky. But what I can tell you for sure is that we don’t say that we’ll do our best so easily. There are many doctors who have sacrificed what’s important to them for what they consider to be the best thing. That’s why they’re doctors, and that’s what makes them doctors.”

“Can I really trust him? Can I really trust that doctor?”

“You can.”

Gaeul hugged the tearful girl. She patted the girl who was wiping her eyes. She felt like crying herself, but she managed to hold herself back. Only if she showed a calm side would the child calm down after all.

“Cut. That was good.”

Along with the cut signal, Gaeul let go of the child she was tightly holding in her arms.

“Sorry about that. I hugged you too tightly, didn’t I?”

“Not at all, senior. I was out of it as well because I was so touched. Also, I think I stained your gown with my s...