Probably not the best guy to ask that question to, Anton. Gene would deny a broken leg to the point of ceaseless stupidity in order to avoid receiving help. And every time he'd gone back and revisited his pain, it had always been against his will; in the temple in Egypt, for example, and with Malicant. The wounds of the past were over and done with, and he was more than content to let them lie. Unless of course they were beginning to fester, as such old, untreated wounds often did.

He sat there with his cup for a moment, and just thought.

"There are some things that I'm not sure can be treated." Read: there are things fundamentally wrong with me that cannot be fixed.