A Rather Satisfying Night

Glen leaned back in his chair, lost in thought.

For days now, Glen had been spending several hours a day like this.

Documents covered in handwriting so illegible it was impossible to decipher lay scattered across the desk before him.

They were all medical records documenting one person's health.

From the moment he began compiling these records, Glen had been troubled by an unanswered question.

The symptoms were surely the same as those of the illness he and his mentor had treated many times.

And yet, the cause was unclear.

He had only provisionally concluded, by process of elimination, that it was the same illness he knew.

For a while, it had seemed as though his judgment was correct.

The symptoms had clearly improved after regular rehabilitation exercises...