The hand that heals

[rewritable]

Jennet gathered her thoughts for a moment before replying,
"First, the throat is sore, it's quite painful all the time, it's dry, I'm having difficulties to swallow. Then there is the cough, it strikes regularly, usually it is quite bearable, but if I forget to breathe slowly or attempt to do some physical task, it can come in a strong coughing spell, which also makes it very difficult to breathe during it and right afterward. That is, you try to inhale, but your lungs just don't move, not the way you want them to. Sometimes that is accompanied with a dizziness, with vision blacking out and loss of sense of balance. That is for me. Some have this state almost constantly, others are beyond that and are fully unconscious"

Jennet asked for a glass of water, then continued,

"That is also how I passed out for the first time, before Frial contacted you. I had some cough and slightly sore thoat before that, can't say exactly, for some three or four hours, but I didn't pay much attention to that. After a few hours, it got worse, with coughing spells starting. Then, finally, after one such spell I found myself unable to breathe in, moments later world faded out"

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