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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy is sitting in his usual spot near the infirmary. With a big sign.

FREE WALK-IN CLINIC
COME SEE ME IF YOU HAVE FLUIt was originally covered in sparkly green 'snot drips' (this is what happens if you let the kids help you make a sign), but he peeled them off because they were kind of gross

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[scots_wolf]

Urquhart comes walking up, followed by the dog.

The big Scotsman looks rather ill. His nose is red, his eyes are bleary, and he has braided his hair to keep it out of the way.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Urquhart? You look like you should be in bed."

Guppy hasn't noticed the dog yet.

[scots_wolf]

The dogs walks up to him, wagging its entire backside in an attempt to be friendly.

"I was in bed," Urquhart says. "And then on the sofa before the fire. Where I was told to see my GP by one of these police people."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Have you been hallucinating?" Guppy asks, suddenly spotting the dog.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

[scots_wolf]

"Don't you like dogs?" Urquhart says.

He turns to the dog. "Franz! Go lie by the fire! Go! Good boy!"

The dog looks at him sadly, but turns and lies by the sofa where Urquhart and he spent the day.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy unfreezes after a moment.

"No, sorry. Got bitten as a child." He shows Urquhart the scar around his middle finger.

"What are your symptoms? Just in case it's not the flu."

[scots_wolf]

"It is," Urquhart says. "I had hallucinations for a few days. Woke up not knowing Alfred, and then went on thinking I was some kind of Viking hero or warlord. Now, it's just a runny nose, a cough, and a killer headache. Fever, too, I think."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay, you have the hallucinogenic flu. Let me listen to your chest and get you a party bag."

[scots_wolf]

"Sunshine sneaked me some while I was hallucinating, and then I fetched more when I was myself again, but I went through them," Urquhart says. "But I'd quite like more. And you can listen to my chest, if that gives you an idea of what else you might do to help."

He takes off his scarf, his blanket, his cloak and his belt, then meekly pulls up his shirt.

He is very hairy.

[guppy_sandhu]

"You already went through two bags of ten days' worth of paracetamol?" Guppy asks. "You mustn't take it more often than directed, it's dangerous, even if you are dead."

He starts listening to Urquhart's chest, half wondering whether he got bitten by Teller.

[scots_wolf]

"I shared some with Alfred, who's got it as well," Urquhart says.

There is a reason (well, several) why the superstitious people of Urquhart's time thought there was something wolfish about him.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay, but don't take more than two every six hours. I haven't got the facilities in here to give you a liver transplant."

[scots_wolf]

"It kills the liver?" Urquhart says. "I'll be careful, then. Can I get dressed again?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yes, please do." Guppy says. "And then go to bed and stop infecting everyone. Infirmary or upstairs."

[scots_wolf]

"The hallucinations are already gone," Urquhart says. "Am I still infectious?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"If you're coughing or sneezing, yes."