She sounds like she does. And if she doesn't? We die like we're meant to and all that's changed is we were getting sick everywhere for a bit.

[Not very optimistic, and he'd rather not think in those terms, but it's a distinct possibility. And optimism's hard to maintain, in this condition or otherwise.

He starts retching and turns the audio off for a moment before switching it back on.]

She's the only hope we've got for now, and I'm willing to take the chance.

[He was finished with dying the first time.]