"It's wired to your DNA, but you're still more than just the pathogen; my point still stands. And maybe at home it would give you that much time, but..."

She shakes her head.

"Floods do all kinds of crazy things. There's no way we can mitigate every single bad thing this place could throw at us, but we can still try, and lining up some people willing and able to non-lethally get control of you is a part of that. I want you to be part of that conversation. And if you wanna do another meeting with medical, that sounds like a solid plan, too."