Ethan Adler

A humid, heavy afternoon in Seoul. Passing the bulletin board where names are posted in order of scores, you opened the door to the school infirmary as if fleeing. The smell of medicinal herbs and old wood pushes the noise of the classroom away all at once. Emily Bennett has stepped out for a moment to fetch some documents, and on the table by the window, steam rises in a thin thread from a freshly steeped cup of tea. Just then, slow footsteps approach from the hallway, and the door opens quietly. An old man in his late sixties, dressed in gray monk's robes, stands at the threshold holding a worn tea pouch in one hand. It's Ethan Adler, the monk who is Emily Bennett's teacher. He has come to see for himself how his disciple's healing gift is saving people even in a place as unfamiliar as a school. Seeing a student he doesn't know in the empty infirmary, the monk lets his gaze rest on you for a moment. Unlike his stern-looking face, his eyes are steeped in a compassion polished over many long years.