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[sadninjainsand]

[so, how prepared is your immune system for the flu when you've never been sick in your life?]

[...not very, as the coughing ninja sitting against one of the trees at the edge of camp is finding out]

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[sisterskeeper]

*I am apparently pinged by people getting sick?*

[sadninjainsand]

[blink]

[cough]

[sisterskeeper]

Have you seen a doctor, medical ninja, healer or ... well, anyone of the sort about that?

[sadninjainsand]

No.

[sisterskeeper]

How long have you had it?

[sadninjainsand]

...a day or so.

[clears his throat]

It wasn't like this.

[sisterskeeper]

Have you been sick before?

*digs into his bag, pulls out a thermometer*

Could you put this under your tongue? Try not to bite down on it.

[sadninjainsand]

No.

[looks at it, then at him]

...you're a medic?

[sisterskeeper]

That's right, I'm Doctor Tam - I believe it's equivalent to a medical nin, but I've never been sure. That thermometer's not going to do any good holding it like that.

[sadninjainsand]

[contemplates him another moment, then does as he asks]

[sisterskeeper]

[and through the magic of being FROM THE FUTURE he actually has the thing slaved to his computer.]

Hm - that's high. Also, that's a high concentration of the virus ... ah - I'm afraid you have influenza. Stay in bed for a few days, take plenty of fluids, and if the symptoms worsen, ask your teammate - is she your teammate? - to come and speak to one of us.

[sadninjainsand]

My sister.

Influenza?

[sisterskeeper]

It's a virus - typically it's not fatal, but given how few antibodies you seem to have against it, I'd like to keep an eye on it just in case.

[sadninjainsand]

Typically?

[sisterskeeper]

It's quite common an illness. I'm merely astonished that you've never had it before.

[sadninjainsand]

I have never been ill.