[She doesn't know whether to feel sick or relieved that he seems to believe her. She was expecting to be told she's just a kid. That it could never happen.

She eases her fingers away from her sleeve.]

Plague isn't really the right word. It's... more like a fungal infection. Cordyceps. I think it came from tainted food or something. From somewhere in South America.

[She never really cared about learning the nitty gritty.]