In the Midst of Life · Character
Dr. Helberson
A physician who wagered on a man's endurance and now drives the night streets sick with the certainty that he deserves whatever comes.
supporting
Also known as Helberson
First appearance: a watcher by the dead
As a supporting figure in In the Midst of Life, Dr. Helberson is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Hosts the late-night conversation and accepts the challenge to test Jarette's fearlessness.
Helberson let a colleague's contemptuous manner goad him into a wager he already regrets, and the regret sharpens every hour he waits for it to resolve. He is the moral center of the group precisely because he alone feels the weight of what they have done, confessing to Harper that if anything happens they are ruined, as he fears they deserve to be. When the crisis breaks, he does not flee with the others; he identifies himself as a physician and walks toward the need.
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