He scowled at Eric. "If you haven't anything helpful to add, then you should rest and let your wound heal." His tone was some where between 'disappointed father' and 'disapproving general'.

"I'd assume you know if they had been there back home you would have know, but when was the last time you were undressed?" They could have been a progression of the illness - unlikely, with that much that suddenly, or a factor of the Core.