Wan opened his mouth to respond and had to lean away to cover his mouth as he coughed. It was not a usual symptom of the poisoning because Wan had caught a cold before getting dragged into quarantine. He was convinced he'd been misdiagnosed because of it. It made him a little bitter about being there.

"It might not be related to Malicant," he said after he was able to speak properly, patting his own chest heavily a couple times to try and clear his lungs. "It might be something else whoever sent this thinks we need. I don't know what it is."