[she smiles back at him, and moves to take a seat in the chair when he pulls it out for her.]

I'm sure they were intending to be thoughtful in their own way. Perhaps they thought it would be all the more disruptive if they informed you while you were attempting to set up your own practice and had patients.

[chang geng would have made a fantastic doctor, she thinks. she would have, too. honestly, it's practically a crime that they're depriving their future patients of their services.]

But ah, well, you know what they say about the road to hell and what it's paved with...