For as silly as it was, it was nice to joke about the future. There were days when Malou wasn't so sure how life would turn out. But to consider it with a tinge of humor was nice, especially when mortality had been what began their conversation.

"That's a terrifying prospect!" Malou could remember her own trepidation of the school nurse when she had been young. "I was as well - well until I began absolutely fascinated with healing. But when I had just started school...." She had struggled in those days, her shyness and timidity often overshadowing even the simplest of conversations let alone one when she had been ill.

"If I do end up in such a role, I should hope the students don't fear me too much." She admitted truthfully.