"Mas agora que cantei da tristeza
não observo já os mais leves traços
e a minha maneira de me matar
é deixar cair ambos os braços."Ruy Belo, "Tristeza Branda" in "Homem de Palavra(s)"
This is prophylaxis, a practiced absence, a safer distance. He is a fine clinician to diagnose this, a sound decision. This is a family practice, it's anesthetic, it's nonreactive. This is a termination, a fine resemblance, but no relation.