Fischer held back a biting remark before letting it go and giving his colleague a concerned look before being ushered onward by their guest's arrival. A few short minutes later and they arrived in a bright, open examination room with glass windows that gave an unobstructed view of the surrounding forest and the alps in the distant background. Both doctors invited her to sit beside the window, Scott prepared some tea while Fischer continued to speak with her.
''So'' he began ''Tell us, who are you and where do you come from?'' by now, the elderly Rheinlander had a notebook and a pencil in his hand ready to note down anything that took his fancy.