Horizon Ridge Dusky Dawn and Furry Paws

Thistle looked even worse, when Pump saw her up close, and out of instinct the wolf-dog stepped back. Whatever sickness the girl had, she had no desire to catch it herself. She had suffered from food poisoning, when she had eaten too much of sea-lion meat the first time. It had been very horrible and had made her spend many hours feeling ill and miserable.

She grimaced, when the girl managed to throw up again. Besides her babbling hadn't made any sense to her. She didn't know much about diseases, but the incoherent speech seemed to be another symptom. "Are you sick?" Pump finally asked for a lack of anything better to say.