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So I guess we need a head count.
[Elena's head is lowered when she first flips on the video, her face hidden. But she forces it up to look directly into the camera.
One side of her face is covered in the same splotches that others have discovered on various parts of their own bodies. The blackness crawls under her skin, stopping just below her left eye. It gets darker on her neck, where there's a sore.
She takes a breath.]
You can tell me privately, if you'd prefer. I'd just feel better if I knew who else...
[A pause to reconsider the words that just came out of her mouth. It wouldn't make her feel better to know who else has it. Not at all.
But it's still important.]
If you don't have it, it isn't contagious. So...don't go kicking your housemates out on the street.
[Totally not talking about you, Matt.]
[Elena's head is lowered when she first flips on the video, her face hidden. But she forces it up to look directly into the camera.
One side of her face is covered in the same splotches that others have discovered on various parts of their own bodies. The blackness crawls under her skin, stopping just below her left eye. It gets darker on her neck, where there's a sore.
She takes a breath.]
You can tell me privately, if you'd prefer. I'd just feel better if I knew who else...
[A pause to reconsider the words that just came out of her mouth. It wouldn't make her feel better to know who else has it. Not at all.
But it's still important.]
If you don't have it, it isn't contagious. So...don't go kicking your housemates out on the street.
[Totally not talking about you, Matt.]