[El's POV: ]
"So… you're saying that all the people here were infected with some kind of virus and had to be isolated? Is that right?"
Rex was being unexpectedly chatty. This was perhaps the tenth question he had asked her in the last few minutes she was checking him up.
"Yes, but your condition wasn't as bad as the ones that actually caught the virus.
You two should go see Oak. Poor little girl perhaps saved many other lives today."
Cathy was here beside him, looking all concerned and sad, holding his hand unknowingly with teary eyes.
"But… but, isn't this thing contagious or something?"
"Nope. It just spreads quickly. No problems after it's cured. In fact, you aren't going to catch this nasty thing anymore anywhere you are."
It was like small pox or some certain diseases that one contracts only once or so throughout their lives and then their immune systems get adapted to fight against them.