It's entirely possible that this is something they shouldn't be excited about. What if these people are sick, and the side effects will start to show themselves soon? But right now Marissa can only process the excitement of something so wonderfully unexpected.
"Well, we've run all kinds of tests, trying to look for a correlation between everyone. We haven't been able to pin anything down yet, but we're working on it." That alone has been enough to keep her attention all day, and the only reason she left the hospital is because she'd been more or less chased out by her coworkers.
Marissa's hot chocolate arrives and she takes a sip of it, then studies Julia across the table. "How about you?"
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"Well, we've run all kinds of tests, trying to look for a correlation between everyone. We haven't been able to pin anything down yet, but we're working on it." That alone has been enough to keep her attention all day, and the only reason she left the hospital is because she'd been more or less chased out by her coworkers.
Marissa's hot chocolate arrives and she takes a sip of it, then studies Julia across the table. "How about you?"