[ It eases his troubled heart to hear that X'rhun saw to it that Alisaie was taken care of, but the reality of it still chills him. It's been less than a day, and so many people were very sick already. This was no head cold that just makes you groggy.

He can't...he can't shake the feeling that there's something far more sinister afoot, and now Alisaie's tied up in it, by misfortune's fate alone. As if things weren't personal enough already.

He takes a long moment to steady his breathing before he glances up to meet X'rhun's eyes again. ]

Th-thank you. For...for looking out for her. And for telling me. [ It's a terrible knowledge to have, but he far prefers this to the alternative. ]

The guilty party - they can't have made it outside the city yet. We might still be able to pick up their trail.