Ah, that sort of biological danger. Not an unfounded concern when you hear the stories about where some of the folks here come from.

"Yeah, I saw that," I slowly reply with a tilt of my head. I fully understand where the kid is coming from, and at some point in life I became the guy people bring this kind of stuff to. Not just here, but back home, too.

"Word is she is, or at least believes she is, a vampire," I add with a lift of my eyebrows. "I haven't talked to her. I probably should. Or at least someone should. See what the contagion situation is like. The good news is she seems willing to be transparent."

I pull in a breath and motion Owen's way. "It's cold comfort, I know, but I don't think letting smallpox run rampant is on the agenda of the people in charge, at least not right now. It's like... taking care of your toys. However we're here, they went to a lot of effort to make it happen. But, who you really need to talk to is Ravi. Infectious diseases is one of his specialties. He was working on a cure for a zombie virus back home before he turned up here. Any info I give you is going to be broad strokes unless it's a plant-based contagion."