"Generally I call her Purrelden, as she's not done much to warrant Hero yet. Killed a few ants that were trying to investigate our tent, yes, but she has a tendency to run from crickets." He relaxes in the chair. More than this would be nice, certainly, but with a spirit driving him onward it's very hard to get much more during a plague. Once it's passed... Well. Once it has passed he'll still be working hard, but at least it won't be non-stopped. Some sacrifices have to be made for the sake of Justice feeling fulfilled.

"And while making tea isn't hard work, it's the heat that..." He trails off and considers her. "Are you ill at all?" Finding out who is well is just as helpful when it comes to tracking down causes as determining what the ill people have in common, after all.