Fallout: Van Buren (IC)

[Surrealistik]

*Reflecting on the discovery, Juggs mutters under his breath, mostly to himself.*

"Curious... Evidently repairs are automated as well."

After observing the area of the puddle, his attention defers again to the chiming of his pipboy. Once there, it lingers over Cassie's words, his expression transmuting instantly into one of subdued alarm as he nears the end of the reply.

*Juggs hastily dictates several queries at his Pip-Boy, fears of monitoring reduced to futility by the Pip-Boy's earlier transcription of his whispered speech.*

> Did he only begin to display symptoms upon or shortly after your arrival, or were these already established?
> Might you be able to tell me anything more detailed about the timeline of the disease's apparent development, and Mallard's latter afflictions?