"We need to get you started on this as soon as possible, then," Karla said firmly. "The longer we wait, the less likely the medication is to help you, and you're already pushing it on the time. By no means is this me rushing you out of here, but when you leave, I want you to go straight to the pharmacy and pick it up. The closest pharmacy that you find open. There's a CVS not far down the street where you can go. I can call it in for you there. You need to start taking it as soon as you pick it up, and you need to follow the directions exactly. As far as who you actually came into contact with, I guess it's kind of hard to know for sure who actually transmitted the virus to you, but with the markers being there, it's a matter of fighting back right now... It's not set in stone yet. You take the medication, and in the meantime, we wait and see what happens." She paused giving his arm a soft pat. "Was the emotional wreck because of running into someone from your past?"

Karla couldn't imagine what any of this had been like for Zed... to be young and have to not only leave your life behind you, crappy life though it may have been, and change your entire identity just to save your life. She had to wonder if Zed even felt like his life had been saved at all. "I can't imagine how that must feel, Zed. It's so far outside my realm of understanding to picture myself leaving everything I've ever known and being someone utterly different to who I was. But witnessing a murder... Thank fuck he didn't murder you. They didn't arrest him for murder? I don't... I don't want to dig into it if you're not ready to talk about it, but... I genuinely didn't really know much about the Witness Protection program. I never really imagined it being as easy as Clark Kent glasses, though. But it's true. They don't really ever present the emotional and psychological side of it. Does anyone else know? Besides me?"