[quote=@Tank O The Lake]
<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

*He moves his mouth, but all that comes out is a faint wheeze before he has another fit.*

CALLER: What are you doing?
[/quote]

A little kindness pays for itself in spades.
*Takes the man's hand, and he can feel the malaise of his sickness concentrate together and transfer from his body into mine, leaving him in a state of gradual but speedy recovery*