"I didn't know you were a swimmer," said House, and then realized that he didn't actually know that much about Fin at all.
It made him pause for a moment and then he said, "Well. You've earned a real story." He offered a little smile. Because he wasn't typically that truthful about things like this...
"I lived in Japan for a while, too." He drained the rest of the fizz. "My asshole of a father was in the military. Anyway, I was fourteen. A friend was in a rock climbing accident, really fucked him up. But the doctors around me were freaking out, they couldn't save him. And after arguing for a while... they brought in the janitor. He was a buraku, an untouchable. But also a physician and better than any of them. And as he saved my friend, they gave him respect that he didn't receive at any other time. Because in that moment it didn't matter who he was, what he was like - all that mattered was that he was the best."
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It made him pause for a moment and then he said, "Well. You've earned a real story." He offered a little smile. Because he wasn't typically that truthful about things like this...
"I lived in Japan for a while, too." He drained the rest of the fizz. "My asshole of a father was in the military. Anyway, I was fourteen. A friend was in a rock climbing accident, really fucked him up. But the doctors around me were freaking out, they couldn't save him. And after arguing for a while... they brought in the janitor. He was a buraku, an untouchable. But also a physician and better than any of them. And as he saved my friend, they gave him respect that he didn't receive at any other time. Because in that moment it didn't matter who he was, what he was like - all that mattered was that he was the best."