Just a bad case of the magical flu. [ there's a snort as dave tries to play off how drop dead tired he is, a hand running through his hair. ] Did you manage to skip that?

[ dave knows several of them are as bad or worse than he is with it, of the group of people not kidnapped, but he also knows several people are mostly fine.

he continues, dryly: ]

Apparently the magical flu vaccination was one my guardian skipped. Possibly because the magical flu was like, not a thing that we had to worry about back home? And yet I have caught it here twice. Twice. When do I build up an immunity? Isn't that a thing with getting sick? I rarely am, so I'm not too sure.