No Mrs. Heep her

I ask for a sign, and the Good Lord of ruining my perfect image of people provides. Not longer than an hour after wondering if I’d ever see a sign of humanity in the BMN, I get one. 

It started with her usual bullying of the helpless and the groaning, of course by which I mean Mr. Ishioka, the fallen patient of my last post. Now she was trying to get him to eat. Tabeyo ya, harsh Japanese delivered in a harsh voice. I was willing to concede maybe the hospital needs an enforcer to get the reluctant patients to eat, eating is important, so jobwise, you know, points for her. But then, sigh, I didn’t see what was going on, but after a  short passage of time, her voice changed. And she said something like (but not exactly I’m sure):

“Zenbun tabenai ii yo.” You don't have to eat it all.

Her voice was kind when she said this. Damn. Even if inside this is part of her evil, and this is only what she’s doing to get through her job, that doesn’t matter. The Angels might be devils in disguise after all. I can only go by what I see and hear. And what I heard was a person who had empathy enough to switch from bully mode when the patient needed it. Or she simply felt sorry for him. Either way, a display of human feelings that doesn’t match my graph for her character. Oh well.

This round to you, BMN. I guess the world isn’t so kind to give us perfect caricatures in real life.