[Blinking a few times, Onni lifts his hand and rubs against the side of his neck, first on one side and then the other, brows furrowing in confusion. There's nothing there, and what could Lalli be seeing on his neck that-
Oh.
For a moment, Onni feels a spike of fear, and suddenly the skin on his neck feels itchy when it hadn't just moments before. He knows, he knows there's no way he could have caught it (except he could have, he was walking into the Silent World when he'd been brought here, and the decontamination here is not intended for the rash) and he's sure he would have seen the rash before now, felt something (but he isn't sure he'd have known, no one in the village had known when Hilja infected them, not until it was too late).
Suddenly, his heart is pounding and he feels a little light-headed and has to force himself to breathe even and slow and deep because otherwise he'll be hyperventilating.]
There's nothing there, Lalli. My neck is fine. There's nothing wrong. We'll be fine.
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[Blinking a few times, Onni lifts his hand and rubs against the side of his neck, first on one side and then the other, brows furrowing in confusion. There's nothing there, and what could Lalli be seeing on his neck that-
Oh.
For a moment, Onni feels a spike of fear, and suddenly the skin on his neck feels itchy when it hadn't just moments before. He knows, he knows there's no way he could have caught it (except he could have, he was walking into the Silent World when he'd been brought here, and the decontamination here is not intended for the rash) and he's sure he would have seen the rash before now, felt something (but he isn't sure he'd have known, no one in the village had known when Hilja infected them, not until it was too late).
Suddenly, his heart is pounding and he feels a little light-headed and has to force himself to breathe even and slow and deep because otherwise he'll be hyperventilating.]
There's nothing there, Lalli. My neck is fine. There's nothing wrong. We'll be fine.