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"Then what happened?" I asked

"It tried to attack your blood, the way I’d seen it do before," Daniels said "But when it engulfed your cells, the virus acted strangely Instead of expanding and growing, latching onto things andthem, it moved erratically Then it died"

"It died?" I asked "My blood actually kills the virus?"

"Well, viruses can’t die, not exactly," Daniels said "But it froze It stopped , so essentially, yes it died"

"Holy shit," Nolita said, looking a little stunned

"Your blood like poison to them," Daniels said, then exhaled deeply "Unfortunately, I was never able to figure out why or how to harness that"

"So you know that the zo and they can talk to each other," Boden said "But you have no idea how to stop theri they’d done toI wanted to yell at him I wanted to swear and punch him But I didn’t I just balled up my fists and closed my eyes

And not just because it would wake everyone and freak the the shit out of Daniels

Because despite everything, I knew that I would’ve done the saiven the patient , tried anything to learn how to stop this

In the end, it was the lack of a cure that frustrated and pissedI’d endured for it

"But you’re sure they don’t like the cold?" Boden asked

"Like s, when exposed to the cold, the virus slowed down considerably," Daniels said "At the right te completely The cold doesn’t kill them, but it can freeze them"

"And unlike us, they don’t kno to bundle up or create fire," Boden said

"Right," Daniels said "If we can find soh, andtih food and supplies to last us," Boden said

"We have food, and we can hunt," Nolita said "We’ll just have to get more resourceful"

Daniels s she was there "And I believe we can do that"

"Speaking of which, there’s a kitchen here" Nolita pulled away from Daniels and stood up "I should see if there’s any food that they left behind"