[Kata Harris]

1650
Isolation Area
Infirmary

Since she was getting feeling back, Patrick decided it was a good time to take yet another blood sample, this time Kata felt the needle stick her. Which was a good thing figuring a while ago she couldn't feel her fingers. She didn't look at her arm, as Patrick did his work and instead she stared off across the room,  "Your muscles getting better?" Dr. Collins asked.  

Harris moved her eyes so she could look at the Doctor, "Yes ma'am, " she replied kicking her legs a bit to show that she could once again move them, "Though my arm is still a bit off." a little tingling in her fingertips was better than not being able to move her hand at all. Patrick finished taking her blood, "Okay, since the Shamens medicine is working, just take it easy for a bit. Take a nap like the kid." he told her nodding to where Witwer was still asleep, Kata slid off the bed she had been on, "Right." she said giving Patrick a look as she tested out her legs. 

Once she was sure she would not faceplant she started towards where Dr. Collins was with Major Gaines,  everyone seemed to be returning to normal; Dr. Warren was looking less and less like a Barney/Smurf hybrid and Gaines seemed to have a better idea of who he was and where he was. Both good things. "I've been wondering," she said looking to Dr. Collins, "When are you going to inform Captain Oxford we now have a five year old running around?" she asked with a small smile. 

[Blake Warren]

1634
Isolation Area
Infirmary

Half-asleep, but he heard Dr. Collins. He squirmed to get more comfortable on the thin infirmary mattress and mumbled something incoherent before curling up in the fetal position and hauling the sheet a little higher so only his hair stuck out.

But he heard enough from Kata's clinician to mutter, "Na' a kid, just turn 38." The next sound may or may not have been a snore.

[Tyrone Gaines]

2307
Recovery Ward
Infirmary

All around Gaines, people had returned to normal thanks to the antidote provided by the alien shaman. The effects had been radical: Doctor Warren returned to his normal colour, Captain Harris got feeling back in her limbs, and Billie started to return to her adult size. The side effects caused by contact with the off-world potions had been rapid, and thankfully, the cure was much the same. Within a short period of time, everyone had been back to normal.

Everyone, that was, except Gaines.

Brown-hair - Doctor Collins as she was actually called - had approached him after taking the antidote and asked how he felt. The major had lied, saying that he felt fine. In part, he'd been lying to himself, hoping that his memories would return in time. But they hadn't. By the time everyone else was back to normal, Gaines still hadn't recalled a single memory.

He'd been released for duty shortly after, and while he'd be able to bluff his way through the first few hours, people had soon began to suspect. In quick succession he was observed not knowing where his quarters were, being unable to input his computer password, and even being unsure what uniform he was meant to change into. Someone - he hadn't seen who - had reported the incidents, and soon enough Gaines was back in the infirmary.

A battery of tests had been conducted on his memory, by which point he'd dropped the act and confessed that his condition hadn't improved. "Just... just let me go quietly," he begged the doctor. Doctor Collins was of course informed of his condition, but agreed to his request. Tyrone was to spend the next few days on bed rest with no visitors. The Earth cruiser USS Aeneid was due to return by the end of the week with Captain Oxford, fresh from his debriefing with the IOA. Gaines would be transferred to the vessel and taken back to Earth without fanfare. From what he'd gained, the 'old Gaines' wouldn't have been wanted to be seen in his state.

Gaines stared out the window of the infirmary over the darkened jungle surrounding the base, pondering what lay ahead.

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