Avery blushed for no real reason he could discern. He just did that sometimes, possibly a combination of feeling awkward and having fair skin. "Kind of," he replied. "I mean, it's... cold outside, I know, but I have this thing. Maybe a virus? I don't think I'm contagious," he hastened to add. The last thing he wanted was to have anyone he might run into be eager to get away from him because they were afraid they might catch what he had. That wouldn't help his seeming need to be around other people any.
"I feel a little better right now," he said. Because he did, now that he wasn't by himself. "I was just gonna walk around some."