[Don reaches back and picks up a scute, using it to keep his hands busy as he tells the most difficult part of the story. In quiet, measured tones, he relates the initial infection, the lingering illness, the secondary mutation. The things he did to his friends and family, and the lengths they went to to save him. The way he didn't remember it afterwards.]
[Eventually he trails off, waiting for Robert's reaction.]
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[Eventually he trails off, waiting for Robert's reaction.]