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046 [Written]

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[Time to try and be anon. He has the camera blocked completely and his handwriting is different from normal, much more scratchy, more akin to a child's writing.]

What doctors are here now?
I'd like to talk to one in private please.
You'd be helping my friend a lot.

Thank you.

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Of course. I promise, I won't tell a soul about any of this if you don't want me to.

[And for once, she's managed to keep the others out of the house for a while so that he has some privacy. It probably hasn't ever been so quiet around here.]

How long have you been having these symptoms?

Over two years now. Since before I came to Luceti. I was told it slowed since coming here, but it is still progressing.

[He moves further in and stops.]

I suppose in your world they don't have this sickness?

[She shakes her head.] There's been a very effective vaccination available for a couple centuries where I came from. The sickness still exists, but it's very rare.

That being said, I do know of a few treatments that we could try to see if they may be able to get rid of it. I have to admit, it's a little tricky once the disease is active, but it isn't impossible.

[After finding a cure for seithr poisoning, she hopes, treating this should definitely be manageable.]

[Ah, a way to prevent a disease from ever being caught? Oh, if only. He looks at his right hand, curling into a fist. His disease has been active for over two years. At least one year longer than he should have lived with it. He's been coughing blood more and more and if it wasn't for that incident with Toph, he would have kept doing it in secret until he couldn't hide it anymore. He supposes this is the last chance he has before it's too late so he best take it.]

Whatever you think will work.

[He raises his head and looks at her, smiling faintly.]

I'm sorry. To come to you so late, I've put you in a difficult position.

There's nothing to apologize for. This is my job, after all.

[Her tone, even though it's slightly teasing, is still gentle. She meets his gaze and smiles. She's here to help, Okita. It won't be easy, but she's in this with him. It's the least she can do, especially considering how she knows how hard it is to cope with symptoms like these (and trying to hide them).]

I have several herbal treatments that should help alleviate the symptoms, and we'll need to try a combination of antibiotics to get rid of the illness itself. We'll start out the treatment with lower doses to ease you into it, though; I'm afraid combining antibiotics can be a little rough sometimes.

[He nods faintly and turns to look around the front room.]

I'll do whatever it takes as long as the others don't notice.

[Because that is the worst thing. Living with it where others can see and hear. He wants to ensure that they won't see or realize or even begin to fear. He knows it's impossible, but as long as he can keep the shadow of this menace off them...

He coughs into his hand and looks back at Litchi.]

How do we start?

[Litchi motions towards the couch and various chairs in the living room in a vague gesture to sit wherever he'd like, then gathers up several small packets that she has on the coffee table.]

I'll have you start out on some simple antibiotics. They do need to be taken twice a day, so if you don't want others to notice, you'll need somewhere to keep the medicine where you can get to it easily without their noticing. [This is definitely a bit of an awkward consultation, but hey. She'd be a hypocrite to tell him that he needs to tell everyone else. She was denying the blood-stained handkerchief herself right up until Noel found it.] Once you run out of one antibiotic, let me know and I'll get you a different one; it will lessen the odds of the disease growing resistant to any one treatment.

As for symptom relief... [And here she'll hold out a packet towards him.] These teas will relieve a lot of the coughing and strain. I doubt anyone would notice anything odd about them... most people I've ever met just mistake them for regular tea.

[He moves forward and sits on a chair across from the table, reaching out to take the packets as they are handed to him. Keeping things hidden is easy enough. His room is off limits to everyone but Ayumu and there are places where even she won't look.]

...Thank you.

[He remembers, Litchi. He remembers bringing her a tea quite similar to this. He takes that package and slips it into his kimono top.]

Has yours gotten any better?

You're very welcome.

[A faint smile dances across her lips at the question.]

For the first time in nearly three years, yes. Every once in a while, it acts up again, but it's mostly cured. Although, mine was my own fault... it wasn't an illness so much as it was my body breaking down. But I had honestly become to think it was incurable, so it's certainly a huge relief to have come this far.

[She'd been expecting to be dead by the time so many months had passed back in Kagutsuchi.]

[So there is hope then. Even if it was...whatever it meant to have your body breaking down, there is hope of fixing this. Mostly he's just glad she's doing better and apparently isn't dying anymore.]

I'm glad to hear that. Perhaps one day soon you won't be plagued by it at all, hm?

[She gives him a warm smile, all confidence. That illness is as good as gone. She'll make sure of it.]

I could say the same to you, hm~?

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