[ Cho doesn't hang up on him, because he's clearly in pain, and that hurts her, an ache in her chest that she can't just ignore. She's not going to make Lalli deal with this, though, not when he has his own healing to do. When his temperature has returned to completely normal and the flu is out of his system, she can try and encourage him to go back to his cousin.
So she holds the phone away from her mouth briefly to speak to Lalli... ]
Please stretch out again? I don't want you to get too warm. Do you want me to turn the lights down so you can try and get some sleep?
[ When she brings the phone back to her mouth, she has to take a deep breath to push her own feelings about the situation down. What she's feeling doesn't matter. ]
I can't imagine what that must have been like. Onni, do you-- remember when we first met? In the kitchen? I know you don't know me very well, but do you think I'd lie to you? Is that the impression that you got? I have nothing to gain from not telling you the truth.
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So she holds the phone away from her mouth briefly to speak to Lalli... ]
Please stretch out again? I don't want you to get too warm. Do you want me to turn the lights down so you can try and get some sleep?
[ When she brings the phone back to her mouth, she has to take a deep breath to push her own feelings about the situation down. What she's feeling doesn't matter. ]
I can't imagine what that must have been like. Onni, do you-- remember when we first met? In the kitchen? I know you don't know me very well, but do you think I'd lie to you? Is that the impression that you got? I have nothing to gain from not telling you the truth.