☤ sixty-two

[as_damaged]

[TEXT]

Has anyone ever seen a naturally occurring medical condition present as a result of a curse?

I've seen infections spread by curse-induced vectors, but that's not entirely the same thing.




[ooc; fgfdg please forgive me + pretend this was earlier? Cameron is power-switched with Claire, and at the time of posting she thinks she has CIPA for the day. By the time she replies to comments she maaaay have noticed that's not quite the case :3]

Comments

[adamantined]

I know what it stands for.

It sucks even for a day.

[as_damaged]

[Recent willful avoidance on top of a tendency not to pry into the stranger aspects of the City means she knows only the barest bits about Claire's ability. If that.]

It's... unsettling.

[adamantined]

How do you know that's -

Are your sure you're alright?

[as_damaged]

[A while later, after some small incident has disproven her hypothesis...]

I'm all right.

[adamantined]

It's dangerous. CIPA.

[Which is a painfully obvious thing to say, and Claire has the feeling she isn't actually helping anything while she's here.]

Maybe you should just sit in a room filled with pillows for the rest of the day.

[as_damaged]

I know.

[There's some strain in her tone; for once it's not a personal issue, it's the (imagined) implication that Cameron wouldn't know that.]

I can manage. I'm not certain it's-- [And she bites down on that, just not fast enough.] A curse induced condition isn't necessarily as serious as it would be in reality.

[adamantined]

The fact that it goes away in twenty-four hours doesn't make it any less serious when it's actually going on.

[as_damaged]

I appreciate your concern, but I assure you I'm qualified to take care of myself.

[adamantined]

Appreciate is a strong word. I wasn't trying to say you're not.

[as_damaged]

All right.

[adamantined]

[After some time has gone by -]

What aren't you certain about?

[as_damaged]

It isn't important.

[adamantined]

If you say to.