Moving to finish this thing.
[Nick's breath shuddered. Someone finally asked the question they had been avoiding for so long. Though he was in no fit state to give a coherent answer.]
Th... The people... [He mumbled weakly.] The people all got sick... And then... They weren't people anymore.
[He fell silent again, closing his eyes. Whatever the full story was, he wasn't going to be telling it now.]