[ so they're off, and John might well have thrown a frowning smile after Dorian's patting hand but the man it's attached to is already off and away so it does him no good.
it's something else to know they're carrying the however temporary cure to contagion. the even stopping the spread of this thing will make a world of difference - it helps him to carry himself more lightly than he might have done before. gives conversation an easy care-free flow that would've been impossible an hour before, might well become impossible again. but for now, relief is a potent thing. ]
This, no. Didn't really deal with a lot of epidemics like this. But I've been a surgeon in a war zone, so it's not completely outside of my field of experience.
[ carrying the pack of supplies on his back (a pack he's collected and is wearing now, practically the size of him for all he's stuffed it full to avoid return trips) has been an oddly comforting weight, actually, throughout all this. ]
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it's something else to know they're carrying the however temporary cure to contagion. the even stopping the spread of this thing will make a world of difference - it helps him to carry himself more lightly than he might have done before. gives conversation an easy care-free flow that would've been impossible an hour before, might well become impossible again. but for now, relief is a potent thing. ]
This, no. Didn't really deal with a lot of epidemics like this. But I've been a surgeon in a war zone, so it's not completely outside of my field of experience.
[ carrying the pack of supplies on his back (a pack he's collected and is wearing now, practically the size of him for all he's stuffed it full to avoid return trips) has been an oddly comforting weight, actually, throughout all this. ]