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[easybreezyidiot]

[Today in the mess hall, there are sick kids trying to act like they definitely aren't sick. More specifically, a teenage boy who's half-asleep over a table (this is totally normal behavior) with a box of tissues next to him (it's a coincidence!) and a preteen who's struggling to walk at even a sluggish pace and yet also coughing at super speed

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[mind_over_metal]

You should be in bed.

[needsahandjob]

I was so sure you'd say pneumonia, and be melodramatic about it.

[mind_over_metal]

I'm serious!

[needsahandjob]

Me too.

[mind_over_metal]

And so is the flu.

[needsahandjob]

I know that.

[mind_over_metal]

Then why are you being so bloody stubborn? You don't have to worry about getting things, I'll bring stuff back to the cabin for you.

[needsahandjob]

Because.

[an answer that contains many meanings, including the sneaking suspicion that he thinks he couldn't actually get up anyway.]

[chicksdigfuzz]

She doesn't listen very well. But I'll try talking to her.

[mind_over_metal]

If she refuses to go, I can-

*cuts himself off*

[chicksdigfuzz]

[too obvious]

Can what?

[mind_over_metal]

Nothing.

[it's nothing]

*it's not a discernible thought, just an idea, a suggestion*

Why are they so stubborn about being sick? What happens to sick people here?

[chicksdigfuzz]

[drops it]

Nothing, really. We've got medicine, and they can go to the hospital if it gets really bad. Brianna's just used to looking after herself, and Julian is naturally stubborn like that. They'll get over it. I can port them back to their rooms when they're ready.

[mind_over_metal]

Walking around in the middle of a crowded public eating space when you're that sick isn't looking after yourself.

[chicksdigfuzz]

I said she was used to it, not that she was good at it.