The boss arrives

Rurik lasted some minutes to straighten up and say something. Before Vick's pleading voice, it was difficult to give bad news, but he needed to do it. For now, she was in denial, but soon she would figure it out alone.

After all, she herself should be feeling that excruciating pain in her back. She wasn't a naive little girl. Rurik gave her classes of medicine. Almost all Aesirs had their share of Vick's apprenticeship. She was intelligent, so she would connect the points and come to the right conclusion soon.

Rurik preferred to say to her the truth and help her beforehand to deal with it, though.

"I am sorry, Your Honor. If you had come here some minutes before, then I probably would be able to do it just right. But, when you were here, it was all messed already. It is difficult to heal this specific part of the body because it's too complex. Our medicine isn't miraculous, after all."