Rose went to ask a question but Doc held his hand up stopping her 'Please let me finish, then I will answer your queries best I can'. 'Now', he continued, 'the imbalance of the emotions causes the body to get out of balance. This affects the digestive progress which again in turn will cause toxin waste. A toxin is simply a poison that can affect the body by internal, or external means for that matter. Now one thing follows the other in an ever downward spiraling circle.'... Rose butted in to ask the obvious 'So what treatment can we give him'? Doc drew in that deep sharp intake of breath so well known that belies bad omens. The one that denotes the fear of hopelessness. 'I'm sorry, but there isn't one'. He stated flatly.
Michael stunned,
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A Pc Mick Mullins came out to them. He took them into a side room. Firstly he asked what and why they wanted to know the where a bouts of such a man for. Now embarrassed, Michael said 'Here goes' and told the whole sorry tale.
Pc Mullins listened and when they'd finished he thought a few moments on, finally saying 'Well I do know of the gentleman you are speaking about. I am a bit sceptical letting it be known where he is due to all the abuse he has suffered in the past. Much abuse he has suffered via so very many, and often by those he'd so often helped. Mainly kids now granted but still... Most take him as, well a bit odd, or more than weird.' a pause, then. 'Well' he continued 'his name was Timothy Steward. He had been a doctor, who retired himself when only about 40 years old. Must be nearly 20, 25 years or so now. Seems he had trouble adjusting after WW1. Suffering one way of another as a medic. The sights he saw, and the coming to terms with the war, and mankind in general. Any way he did once prescribe, for want of a better word, natural medicinal which he got a few pence for from time to time. But the ridicule, the tormenting and abuse meant he gave that all up'. He would be in his late sixties or so