She’s huddled under a blanket, despite the b o i l i n g heat. If you’re close enough, you could hear sniffles. You could hear her coughing half a mile away, it’s so v i o l e n t. “Go away.”
He couldn’t stand it; the coughing interrupted his deep concentration. Really, it didn’t interrupt anything. He was just annoyed by the constant coughing. “No.”
