So some of this is starvation and dehydration. That's easy to fix.
[It requires a lot of careful control, but still. Alucard can do that, and he always has enough stored food to make that possible. He reaches for Sypha's arms, and there are sores that are barely healed.
He understands then. She went into the wilderness, survived the worst of the illness, but that left her body with no energy to recover.]
I'm going to clean all the marks from the sores and bandage them. Her body worked overtime to fight the plague, but that's why she isn't recovering. Not enough energy to do so. Sugar water wouldn't be enough.
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[It requires a lot of careful control, but still. Alucard can do that, and he always has enough stored food to make that possible. He reaches for Sypha's arms, and there are sores that are barely healed.
He understands then. She went into the wilderness, survived the worst of the illness, but that left her body with no energy to recover.]
I'm going to clean all the marks from the sores and bandage them. Her body worked overtime to fight the plague, but that's why she isn't recovering. Not enough energy to do so. Sugar water wouldn't be enough.
[He shakes his head slowly.]
She'll be here about two weeks.