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[friendofdorothy]

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[Liir sounds weak but undaunted.]

It took its time but I finally caught the bug. Incidentally, if someone can bring me a hair or other tissue sample from one of the index cases, I may be able to help...

Also, Gene Nation, we're not slacking. If any of us fall ill, we're to study the classics of strategy and mutant liberation and run simulations of future battles on our laptops.

[Text//Private to Viti]

I confess that I'm stumped. You want me to imitate a venomous animal? If you were under the impression that I'm intelligent or capable of saving us from this, I'll have to disabuse you.

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[Text//Private to Liir]

[griot]

"Before I say anything else, I have to warn you about my power. If we talk for more than five minutes, my power might start getting secrets about you. It's not as though I want it to, but I have limited control. Zancrow has seen this first hand."

"I can say this much though. I've spent a whole month making a plan to fight this disease, in case Dr. McCoy failed, and I was hopping you could be a part of it. I never expected you to do anything alone, least of all now that you're sick. Instead, I wanted to put a whole team together to fight this disease. Truth be told, I haven't made much progress on this team. No one wants to listen to a 13 year old kid like me, you see?"

"You are right about the venom thing though. Most of our anti-viral drugs are derived from venoms and enzymes from animals living on coral reefs. Even Bee venom has shown great promise for fighting viruses like HIV, albeit only in "proof of concept" studies. You must be too sick for that now though."

"The only thing I can think to do is to ask Dr. McCoy about the temperature sensitivity of the virus Some virus such as HIV and rabies, can only infect mammals due to their extreme sensitivity to temperature. If such is the case with this virus, then you might be able to save yourself if you can just find the strength to change into an animal that can withstand extreme variations in body temperature."

When the text was sent, Viti shook his hands. His thumbs were very tired. He hated texting.

[Video]

[kinofwrath]

I still say that setting the fuckers on fire is the best strategy. You look like shit, by the way. [Translation; I'm glad you're awake]

[Then, quietly]

Did you get any of my hair stuck to you?

[Text]

[martyrerkomplex]

Liir, you too?

:(