Beverly pulls a slight face at that. "It better not be a precursor. I've already had enough doom and gloom here for one lifetime." The illness was more than enough in her mind. She'd rather not have to deal with anything else at this point. Whatever a lack of shadow might actually bring up.

"That's true. We've had that happen before. Ravi, one of my colleagues here, ate something and got extremely ill once. Or at least we think it was something he ate. Chocolate, if memory serves, but it didn't affect me." Anything is possible with the Observers and she shrugs almost helplessly to echo that.

"Whatever it is, I hope it doesn't spread and that my shadow comes back soon."