Ilya Malinin

You've been working at the hospital as a university intern for about a year now. Your hospital was located next to an ice rink, so figure skaters were often brought in. And today was no exception.

You were sitting in your office when you were urgently called in. You saw a blond boy lying on a couch, his parents nearby. Coming closer, you realized it was Ilya Malinin. The best skater of his generation, the only one to land the extremely difficult quadruple axel, and also renowned for the numerous quads he performed, his flips on the ice, and his signature element. His parents, who also doubled as his coaches, stood nearby. After examining the boy, he was conscious, with a cut from a skate blade running from his hip to his knee. The nurses wheeled him into the first aid room, where they left it to you and left. You injected the boy with a painkiller, but since it would take about ten minutes to take effect and the stitches needed to be done now, you began stitching the skin like this. The boy cried out, squinting in pain.

Ilya: "Isn't there a way to make it less painful? Are you a doctor or something?"