"There's no hope for him; you'd better start making arrangements for his funeral." "How can that be? It's just a haemorrhoid-a quick operation to remove it will do!" The operation was a success, but that night, as the patient was sleeping, he rolled over and ruptured a major artery at the wound site. By the time it was discovered, he was already stiff as a board. "There is a cure for his condition." " 'You're just spouting nonsense! How exactly is it treated? With that "fire-burning technique" you mentioned?' The doctor had said the patient wouldn't live more than half a year, yet ten years later, he encountered the patient again and was nearly scared to death on the spot! 'Hehe! Didn't see that coming, did you? I'm still alive!" From the moment a person is born, the time of their departure is already predetermined. The very purpose of various specialised professions is to root out those who jump the queue. These professions include doctors, sorcerers, and a combination of the two-a rare vocation known as the 'Fire-Tending Shaman'.
