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It was a relief that he followed her at her command. Laurel breathed out at last as she lay Mahler down on a shallow den: A cut-out beneath tree roots, not enough to be called a den, but enough to find some shelter and warmth amidst the earth.

Mahler said that it had been happening for a long time. The coughs, Laurel thought at first, but then she realised that he must mean the blood. She'd heard the coughs too, after all.

What is it? Laurel asked, then, presuming that he as a medic knew what it was he was ill with. She looked at Mahler and asked, after a moment of hesitation, Are you cold? And watched his body to see if he was shaking at all.