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Rafa: I’ve heard of people convulsing so hard they break their own backs. People coughing up black gunk for weeks on end before it builds up in their lungs to the point of drowning them. People with no prior history for stomach issues vomiting so much blood they exsanguinate within a few days. People boiling to death in their baths. *sigh of frustration as he wipes a hand back over his head.* Even some freak accidents are blamed on demons, like someone choking to death on their breakfast, or falling out a window, or tripping on their feet and landing just wrong so as to break their necks when they hit the ground. I’m personally not sure I buy into the accidents, you’d be surprised at some of the stupid ways people can end up dead and there’s nothing sinister about it, but the other things... I’ve treated some of those myself, Detective, and I can’t explain what caused their ailments. I’ve never seen anything like them before. Now...now they happen more often than I care to think about.

Darnell: *nods* I know one such victim, coughing up black gunk no doctor or healer can identify. It's why I'm here. Can you tell me about any connections at all among the victims? Where they'd been, who they'd been dealing with, anything?

Rafa: *looks at Darnell...* The king started showing those symptoms. I didn’t argue his insistence to leave because I knew I could do nothing to help him. *are you here because of the king?* Connections aren’t really something healers ask after........... unless a plague breaks out. I’m sorry, Detective. As far as locations, I’ve noted no link. They’ve been all over the place and at different times.

Darnell: *frowns deeply, nods* The king is the victim I mentioned. He summoned me as soon as he arrived back at the capitol. As his detective and as his /friend/, I've sworn to do everything in my power to discover - and reverse - what's been done to him. *shakes his head* Kind Sidon wasn't aware of other victims, but I can't say that I'm at all surprised. I will do what I can in their names as well.

Rafa: ...*nods* He's... still alive then? At least was... whenever you left the capital? *sounds hopeful* I hope you succeed. Not just for the king, he's a good king, a king this land needs, but also for everyone else afraid of phantoms.