“Kablunak itik! Kablunak itik! 她躺在擔架對護欄踢她的腿和她的肺部上方尖叫. 我不知道多少因紐特語，但我知道kablunak itik: white asshole.

我發怒，但我最好能保持鎮靜. 當我放棄了護欄, 響亮的叮噹聲打斷了她的侮辱. “Should you require further care you are more than welcome to make an appointment to come back and see us at the clinic.”  It was not the first time Lucy had caused a scene at the health centre in this small northern community but this was by far the most dramatic.

第二天早晨，社區衛生工作者來到我的辦公室. 海倫的官方角色是促進健康和教育, 但她的工作遠遠超出了她的工作職責。 , 幾乎似乎擔心她沒有我的允許去。 . “她感覺很不好。

我聳聳肩. 護士是對醫療高速公路擋風玻璃，並經常要面對病人的挫折碎片. 我已經來了，在其他情況更糟糕.  Helen studied my face intently.  “She wants you to come to her house.”  This made me instantly uneasy but in my short time at the health centre I had come to trust Helen and decided I should give in to her soft persistence.

當我們到達的時候，我也跟著進了屋子海倫; 露西坐在她的廚房的桌子。 . I’m really sorry for yesterday.  When Helen told me you were from Yellowknife I was so embarrassed.   I would never treat anyone from the North that way.” She insisted I have some caribou soup she had made that morning.

我聽了我可以拼湊出她的挫折. 她的複雜的健康意味著需要頻繁訪問的健康中心，並解釋她的歷史，每一個新的人來到鎮上的護士和醫生。, 下只是改變它回來。. 海倫知道 哪裡 我會無所謂露西的.  I accepted a second bowl of soup.

海倫從來沒有說過多少有關事件之後的那一天. 我們兩個文化之間的信任器樂經紀, 她繼續, making sure Lucy and I had a cup of tea at every appointment.

在接下來的幾年, 我工作在露西的社區逐漸減弱，我的生命在耶洛奈夫演變成一個固定的工作在急診科。, 我來到移位有看到露西. 她已經飛到在空中救護肺炎，並正在等待進入樓上的醫療單位。, 蜷縮在她的身邊，在擔架上。 , 但是，當她認出了我，她的笑容增長。. “這是那麼好見一個朋友。”

- 斯科特在耶洛奈夫