Scene 5: Saloon
Ethan looked aghast when the bartender spoke of the Coalition doing forced amputations on people, followed by torture and death. "I had heard and read about the fanatical anti-magic stance as well as their hate fill persecution of all non-humans but do that something like that...No surgeon worthy of the name would ever cooperate with such barbarity." For the first time since arriving in this strange new world, Ethan felt hate stirring within his heart.
Hearing about such evil being caused by people, fellow doctors, who were to above all else, cause no harm...he felt anger and shame. Anger at the very thought of a doctor breaking their most sacred oath, the oath that transcended time and nations. The shame came from the same source; the thought that men and women of medicine, like himself, it was like his own honor had been tarnished though he had done nothing wrong.
He had to take his thoughts off that dark track or he would felt certain the hate would become a permanent part of him. So he squared his shoulders and looked at his companions. "No one is doing any amputations today. Let's go outside and explain to those people that Grace here can take us to the real source of the problem. If we don't do something about that tree, there will be more of her kind running around and won't they just hate that?"