[ She repeats it quietly to herself, internalizing the advice. ]
Lalli, when you curl up like that, your body can heat itself more efficiently. That's good when you're cold, but bad when you're already too hot. We still need to cool you down, so it's better if you stretch out. Once your temperature is back to normal, you can curl up and hide as much as you want.
[ Lalli makes a 'mrrrrr' sound in the back of his throat that Onni might recognize, but he complies, and Cho smiles. She leans back on her heels, and begins digging around in her bag. When she speaks again, it's to Onni through the phone. ]
That worked. Thank you. I have venison jerky that he's been eating. And candy. I give him candy whenever I have to touch him to take his pulse or temperature, or when he has to take an anti-inflammatory or an analgesic. His fever is down two degrees. That's very good, but still not in the normal range.
I'm sorry you don't trust me. I don't know what I can do to fix that, short of breaking the promise I made to your cousin, which I won't do. If you have any other questions, I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
[ Cho has found what she wanted in her bag. Her iPod, and spare headphones. She brings up a one hour loop of a rainstorm in the forest, the wind whipping the younger trees and rustling the bracken, raindrops pliping on every broad leaf on their journey to the forest floor. She starts it, and returns to Lalli, holding one earbud near enough that he should be able to hear what's being played through them, giving him the option to take it if he wants it, and the option to ignore it if he doesn't. ]
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[ She repeats it quietly to herself, internalizing the advice. ]
Lalli, when you curl up like that, your body can heat itself more efficiently. That's good when you're cold, but bad when you're already too hot. We still need to cool you down, so it's better if you stretch out. Once your temperature is back to normal, you can curl up and hide as much as you want.
[ Lalli makes a 'mrrrrr' sound in the back of his throat that Onni might recognize, but he complies, and Cho smiles. She leans back on her heels, and begins digging around in her bag. When she speaks again, it's to Onni through the phone. ]
That worked. Thank you. I have venison jerky that he's been eating. And candy. I give him candy whenever I have to touch him to take his pulse or temperature, or when he has to take an anti-inflammatory or an analgesic. His fever is down two degrees. That's very good, but still not in the normal range.
I'm sorry you don't trust me. I don't know what I can do to fix that, short of breaking the promise I made to your cousin, which I won't do. If you have any other questions, I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
[ Cho has found what she wanted in her bag. Her iPod, and spare headphones. She brings up a one hour loop of a rainstorm in the forest, the wind whipping the younger trees and rustling the bracken, raindrops pliping on every broad leaf on their journey to the forest floor. She starts it, and returns to Lalli, holding one earbud near enough that he should be able to hear what's being played through them, giving him the option to take it if he wants it, and the option to ignore it if he doesn't. ]