Thor had to smile. "That part is the same, although usually the patient is too heavily anesthetized to hear the surgeon's opinion, these days."

Don was not the sort of surgeon who turned into an asshole in the operating theater, but if his patient had done something stupid to get them there or something went sideways in the process most people who knew him would be shocked by the things that could come out of his mouth.

"Nurses, though. One should treat their nurses with respect and fear."