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From — station physician, the Cairn.
How they speak
Sould gives him to the reader before he arrives: "Ask the physician. He'll tell you the truth and take a long time about it." Baraq confirms it: "He'll say it more carefully than I have and he'll mean the same thing." Two professionals who do not hand out compliments both reach for the same man when the answer has to be exact. That is the character, and it was written before he was named.