"Is it bad if I have to think about it?" Chase asked, but he was stalling for time because it felt like longer than it was, but he suspected part of that was the last few difficult years. "I got out of med school and started working in the hospital at twenty-two," he said. "Bit early, but between genetic predisposition to adeptness in the field and a bit of nepotism, you can accomplish anything," he deadpanned.