Just what I said. [He sounds - less than delighted about it, voice a little tight. Touchy subject.] People are paying to get sick right now, which means someone at the sanctuary's getting paid.
It's leaving. From what I heard the transmission's being done through the institute but the blood comes from you first. Someone's research seems to be less about cure than contagion.
Fucking hell. [ there's a moment of quiet from John as he starts to stamp out a text, ] —No. Not yet. They're working on one, but no. Until it happens, we won't know.
Eternal flu. Even I have to feel sympathy. [He's sicker than most of the sanctuary patients on a day-to-day basis but, for now, no fevers, no stuffed up nose. It's nice not to feel like the biggest typhoid mary in the place - kind of.] You haven't heard anything more about it? I have a vested interest in how long I need to avoid social activity.
Right, because you bumped into these blood pedlars by staying indoors and avoiding human interaction.
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No. But I'll let you know as soon as I have any information on a flu fix. But even if we get one, it sounds like unknown flu strains from biochemical attacks are the new in thing, so how useful it'll be on a grand scale is anyone's guess.
Not just about the fix. [There's a pause, like he's struggling to phrase it, maybe through frustration or something else.] This can't be all there is, right? No terrorist's going to risk his or her ass to hand out the flu.
another stretch of background noise from John, who is spending that temporary silence finding somewhere to go both unheard and unnoticed. ]
It's not looking great, no. Apparently some people in the city were pre-warned to avoid the area. A family, local. That could mean any number of things, but none of them are good.
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I wasn't sure if you would be.
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[ again: what the fuck is going on ]
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Do people think they're being sold a cure?
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[ what ]
They're literally paying to get infected?
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Is there a cure, yet? Do we even know if there will be?
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[He is not avoiding social activity.]
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[ don't think you can fool him prior!!! ]
No. But I'll let you know as soon as I have any information on a flu fix. But even if we get one, it sounds like unknown flu strains from biochemical attacks are the new in thing, so how useful it'll be on a grand scale is anyone's guess.
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another stretch of background noise from John, who is spending that temporary silence finding somewhere to go both unheard and unnoticed. ]
It's not looking great, no. Apparently some people in the city were pre-warned to avoid the area. A family, local. That could mean any number of things, but none of them are good.
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...I hope you're taking case. Masks, gloves, all the things nobody touches me without strapping on. Until we know for sure.
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Thanks, Doctor Walter. But yeah, I'm being careful. I'm not coming down with this, thanks very much, even if it isn't any worse than it looks.