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the last person to ever let you down gently.
means A professional who prepares the dead for burial or cremation and manages funeral arrangements.
from A 19th-century American coinage, built from the Latin 'mors, mortis' (death) — the same root behind 'mortal,' 'mortuary,' and 'mortgage' (literally a 'death pledge'). The '-ician' ending was tacked on the way 'beautician' or 'physician' lends a job a brisk, professional gloss; it was essentially a tidier, more dignified rebranding of the older 'undertaker.'
- steady hands
- reconstructs faces from photographs after accidents
- old trade
- embalming dates to ancient Egyptian priests
- makeup artist
- applies cosmetics so corpses look peacefully asleep
- on call
- death never schedules itself for business hours
- quiet pride
- the only client never files a complaint