Scowling, Kyoko curls up tighter in her blanket. Ugh, she's always been so good about dealing with sickness on her own, but what's she supposed to do about this? You can't take medicine early on to stem off the worst of it if that medicine just isn't available!

"It's irresponsible," she grumbles, "to the point of cruelty...! Kidnapping us to use our skins and nervous systems, but they didn't even make sure they could really keep us alive.... Like we're pet gerbils."