"Before you left Pyongyand, did your doctor think you could travel all the way to Osaka you yourself?"
"I was told that I could travel, but the doctor and my mother didn't encourage my leaving home. but I was the strongest I'd ever been when I left. but of course, since being here like this-no doubt, I should've listtened to them. It's just that the church in Osaka wanted me to come."
Yandjin shook her head. The pastor had been a model guest; if anything, the other lodgers had improved their behavior in the proximity of such a well-mannered person. He had paid his bills on time. She was relieved that his health had improved so dramatically.
Isak nodded, relieved that the pharmacist was signaling that he could leave.
"Have you been going out?"
"Not beyond the yard. You'd said that it wasn't a good idea."
"Well, you can now. You should take a good walk or two every day-each one longer than the one before it. You need to strengthen your leags.