[ The power to supersede another's will is something he's had since he was 12, something he's used to survive. It is an ability he's always known to be careful with and one he'd only felt justified in using against enemies. He doesn't have any enemies here. ]

A teacher is hardly given a file. But a doctor? Always. It shapes the form of treatment and provides context for symptoms. The metaphor is hardly precise but it is the closest to the process I've found.

[ Especially since, in his estimation, so many here require healing in places they hadn't even recognized was damaged. ]