He might be fine. The idea makes him freeze up a little, as the thought turns over in his mind. He might be fine. That would be.
Well, that would be something.
Shiro listens carefully, nodding with each instruction. It's habit to start running the logistics of it, and also gives him something to focus on other than the possibility that he just might not be sick, anymore, which would have him staring blankly at her for an indeterminate amount of time if it was his overriding thought.
"Does the spring water... carry? Or does it have to be imbibed at the source? And there are a lot of water plants in the region, they probably wouldn't be hard to turn into pulp, has anyone been producing paper with it?" He can learn how, if someone has an established technique.
He hesitates, remembering Jake's very strange initial greeting in the inn
"Would that be Bucky? Someone else mentioned him to me the day I arrived. I don't know that I was exactly in the right head space to appreciate it, at the time."
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Well, that would be something.
Shiro listens carefully, nodding with each instruction. It's habit to start running the logistics of it, and also gives him something to focus on other than the possibility that he just might not be sick, anymore, which would have him staring blankly at her for an indeterminate amount of time if it was his overriding thought.
"Does the spring water... carry? Or does it have to be imbibed at the source? And there are a lot of water plants in the region, they probably wouldn't be hard to turn into pulp, has anyone been producing paper with it?" He can learn how, if someone has an established technique.
He hesitates, remembering Jake's very strange initial greeting in the inn
"Would that be Bucky? Someone else mentioned him to me the day I arrived. I don't know that I was exactly in the right head space to appreciate it, at the time."