[Text | Week 17, Tuesday, Mid-afternoon]

[nodavinci]

I know Alenko has a few friends on here. You might want to stop by the hospital and check on him.

Or, you know, strap him to the bed in case the whole going crazy and then passing out thing's going to be a recurring act. Because that's not fun for anyone.

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[yankeedoodle]

[Kaidan too? But he'd just talked to him. The man was exposed but seemingly stable. He needed to be ok.]

Thank you for letting us know, Mr. Stark.

[Hello to you too, btw.]

[nodavinci]

Yeah. No problem.

[Oh. Hi.]

[yankeedoodle]

When did you last see him?

[Because keeping this about someone else makes it not awkward.]

[nodavinci]

When I dropped him off at the hospital. So about twenty minutes ago. Give or take.

[Audio, just after sundown]

[professorwolf]

[Though it's Stark delivering the message, and in a trademark disrespectful style, Lyall is still grateful enough to respond.]

Thank you, Mister Stark. I'll see what I can do about keeping him restrained.

[And attempting to help tend him, if he's picked up enough tips from the doctors by now. He might even stop by before hunting tonight, because Kaidan... is his last local claviger, not to mention his good friend.]

[Audio; Private; Encrypted]

[nodavinci]

Yeah, that was actually a joke. Tying down the delirious guy who can launch you into orbit with his mind? Probably not the greatest idea.

[Audio, replied in kind]

[professorwolf]

Ah. Well, I am not particularly concerned about being thrown into walls, either, though I shall be careful when I visit him. I, ah, don't suppose he attempted that with you, did he?

[Is he going off personal experience, as it were? Or just what he knows of Kaidan's abilities?]

[nodavinci]

That's one way of putting it, yeah. Of course, it was the island, so it was more jagged scrap metal than walls, but you've got the general gist of things.

[It's all stated in an incredibly offhand tone, as though the entire experience isn't anything approaching a big deal.]

[professorwolf]

[That sounds a bit harrowing, and Lyall pauses in what he's doing on his end-- getting dressed, as it happens-- and is compelled to ask:]

Are you all right?

[He stops himself before asking if Kaidan is all right. He'll find that out himself in a moment.]

[nodavinci]

Never been better.

[Which is complete and utter bullshit, but he'd be hard pressed to admit that to someone he liked, let alone Lyall.]

[professorwolf]

[Yeah, Lyall isn't buying it, mostly because being told he was thrown into walls and things by Kaidan's biotics means he really should be lying, unless he has a healing ability like a werewolf. He resumes getting dressed on his end, but he does say:]

If you were injured, I hope you at least sought medical help, yourself.

[nodavinci]

You're not going to score any points here. Besides, I actually do know what I'm doing. One guy's a little less daunting than an entire invading army.

[professorwolf]

[Why does everything this man says and does irritate him? Lyall cannot figure it out, and he doesn't like it. But his response is coolly polite when he makes it.]

There is very little I know about your past, Mister Stark. I was admittedly unaware you had faced down an entire invading army all on your own. I stand corrected, and I will refrain from expressing any concern towards your potential injuries in the future.

[nodavinci]

I wasn't on my own, and you weren't concerned. I know social obligation when I hear it.

[professorwolf]

[Affronted that anyone would really think he wouldn't care if one of his friends managed to injure someone else, no matter how offensive that individual, Lyall answers stiffly,]

I have to say, Mister Stark, you do not know me any more than I know you. I will thank you not to make assumptions about my motivations.

[text]

[galacticheroine]

What happened?

[text; private]

[nodavinci]

You'd have to ask at the hospital for specifics. Or ask him when he comes to, assuming he actually remembers anything. I didn't actually know anything was wrong until after he started talking to people who weren't there.

But given his body temperature after he dropped, and the fact that I couldn't pick up any environmental contaminants that would be causing hallucinations, I'm guessing we can add delirium to the list of symptoms going around.

[text; private]

[galacticheroine]

I'll head over.

He didn't hurt you or anyone else before he went down, did he? Sick or not, if I know Alenko I know he'd blame himself and not the bug for anything that happened.

[text; private]

[nodavinci]

There are a few derelict ships that won't ever be the same, but there wasn't anyone else out on the island. Which is actually kind of strange, all things considered. It's a scrap goldmine.

[knightoflight]

Major Alenko is ill?

Is there anything I can do to help?

[nodavinci]

You're asking me? Go bother the doctors.

[knightoflight]

I...uh, I'm sorry. I will. Thank you.