[ The High Mage nods once. He doesn't need to impress the importance of this any further nor the need for secrecy. The alarm that would spread throughout Thorne before they have a solution to the problem is not what they need right now.
When Stephen asks to the see the afflicted, Ambrose's frown increases for a few seconds. The man was a doctor in his other life, this much Ambrose is aware. However... ]
Making them comfortable is all we've been able to achieve. Every attempt to cure we've tried has ended in failure.
[ "Failure" is a word that Ambrose does not use lightly, the weight of it holding contempt in his voice. ]
The cure may not lay in Thorne...
[ He reaches out for the book again and turns the next page of notes for Stephen to read. ]
What we have been able to gather is that it attacks the blood. Those who were already feeble, too young, or too old are at the highest risk.
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When Stephen asks to the see the afflicted, Ambrose's frown increases for a few seconds. The man was a doctor in his other life, this much Ambrose is aware. However... ]
Making them comfortable is all we've been able to achieve. Every attempt to cure we've tried has ended in failure.
[ "Failure" is a word that Ambrose does not use lightly, the weight of it holding contempt in his voice. ]
The cure may not lay in Thorne...
[ He reaches out for the book again and turns the next page of notes for Stephen to read. ]
What we have been able to gather is that it attacks the blood. Those who were already feeble, too young, or too old are at the highest risk.