Steph has never really done 'sick' well. She takes care of herself, sure. Having a nurse for a mother tends to do that to a person. But being sick is miserable, and she hates being grounded when she can muscle through it instead. Like any reasonable person, she thinks to herself.

She's been going about her business more or less as usual, though a great deal grumpier than normal. A cough, a headache, the occasional chill, an overwhelming feeling of exhaustion, none of this is very alarming. But it is, of course, exhausting. So she takes breaks when she can.

She falls asleep just about everywhere she lands. She sits in a chair in the inn after dropping off her kills from the day and falls asleep in it. She sits under a tree after a very sad workout and falls asleep on the ground. She even sits down on a random doorstep on the way home and falls asleep against the door.

Everything hurts. Let her sleep?