Gina
The baby’s nose is bleeding!
Aunt Kate
Just pinch her nose.
Gina
There’s blood on the crib.
Gina
Her parents will freak out.
Aunt Kate
Nosebleeds are common, dear. They’ll understand.
Gina
No they won’t. They’re weird.
Aunt Kate
Do you want me to come over and help?
Gina
No, I can take care of it.
Gina
But you have to admit: the Kelbs are strange.
Aunt Kate
They are particular, yes.
Gina
Mrs. Kelb is so suspicious of everyone.
Gina
She’ll blame me for this.
Aunt Kate
She’s a scientist. She has that kind of mind.
Gina
This poor little baby, growing up with a mom like that.
Gina
At least she’s got a mom, right?
Aunt Kate
Please don’t talk that way.
Aunt Kate
You’re not alone.
Gina
Other orphans get gruel and spankings.
Gina
I get to live with my cool aunt. ;)
Aunt Kate
What does the baby’s skin feel like?
Gina
She feels cold. Really cold.
Gina
And she keeps whispering something really creepy.
Aunt Kate
What’s she whispering?
Gina
She keeps repeating it over and over.
Gina
Do you know what it means?
Aunt Kate
Get out of the room.
Gina
Why? What does it mean?
Aunt Kate
Don’t leave the house.
Aunt Kate
And don’t let anyone in.
Aunt Kate
That includes the Kelbs.
Aunt Kate
Lock the doors.
Gina
What does it mean??!
Aunt Kate
I’ll find the Kelbs and let them know what’s happening.
Aunt Kate
Don’t go near the child again.
Gina
Please tell me what’s happening.
Aunt Kate
Get back to you soon.
Gina
Thanks a lot, Aunt Kate.
Gina
I’ll just sit here…. Not freaked out at all.
Aunt Kate
I talked to Mrs. Kelb.
Aunt Kate
They’re on their way home.
Aunt Kate
Here’s what you need to do:
Gina
I looked it up. Dzuma.
Gina
And it means…plague.
Gina
Death and destruction.
Gina
She’s not even two, and she’s talking about plague?
Aunt Kate
Stay away from her.
Gina
Is this the disease that killed Mom and Dad?
Aunt Kate
We don’t need to go into that.
Gina
I’ve read about it. You can find information about it online.
Gina
About the epidemic when you all were in Poland.
Aunt Kate
Don’t worry about that right now.
Gina
Some people say that it infects you…but also makes you really aware.
Gina
Like you have these really deep insights into the world.
Aunt Kate
Where did you hear all this?
Aunt Kate
Conspiracy forums?
Aunt Kate
That’s just gibberish from a bunch of weirdos typing in their basements.
Gina
Some of them sound like they know what they’re talking about.
Aunt Kate
All weirdos pretend to know what they’re talking about.
Gina
So what’s the truth?
Aunt Kate
Right now, just stay put and wait for me.
Gina
You never give me straight answers.
Aunt Kate
This isn’t the time to go into it.
Aunt Kate
Right now, you need to stay away from the child.
Aunt Kate
And keep anyone else out.
Gina
If you want me to listen to you, you have to tell me what’s happening.
Gina
Don’t treat me like a child.
Aunt Kate
All right, listen…
Aunt Kate
It may be nothing…
Aunt Kate
But it’s possible that it’s related to what we saw over there.
Aunt Kate
We weren’t able to categorize it precisely…
Aunt Kate
But it was dangerous, and highly contagious.
Aunt Kate
No. I’m going to take care of you.
Aunt Kate
What we’re going to do is make sure that you are professionally quarantined.
Aunt Kate
I’ll figure that out. In the meantime, we need to contain this thing.
Aunt Kate
Stay away from the child.
Gina
How did the disease get into her?
Aunt Kate
It must have been dormant in Mrs. Kelb.
Aunt Kate
There’s a lot we never understood about Dzuma.
Aunt Kate
But we do know that, if you’re not exhibiting symptoms…
Aunt Kate
You’re not contagious.
Gina
I don’t have symptoms.
Aunt Kate
Good. That’s good. For now…
Aunt Kate
Is this the first time Ana’s had a bloody nose, and cold skin?
Gina
Yeah, definitely. She’s completely different tonight.
Aunt Kate
Then let’s hope we can control the situation.
Aunt Kate
You’re going to be OK. We’ll get the best people on it.
Gina
And why is Ana speaking in Polish?
Gina
She was never there. Her parents aren’t Polish.
Gina
That doesn’t make any sense.
Gina
You can’t learn a language through a disease.
Aunt Kate
I’ll be there very soon. Maybe ten minutes.
Aunt Kate
Most important: don’t go near Ana.
Gina
There’s someone out on the lawn!
Aunt Kate
Don’t let them in.
Gina
Out by the fence, behind the trees.
Gina
I think there might be two of them…
Gina
They’ve got masks over their faces.
Aunt Kate
They must be from disease control. Just sit tight.
Aunt Kate
I’m about ten minutes away.
Gina
And now Ana is screaming.
Aunt Kate
Gina. Just let her cry.
Aunt Kate
Don’t go near her.
Gina
It sounds like she can’t breathe.
Aunt Kate
No, she’s just crying.
Aunt Kate
Don’t go in there.
Aunt Kate
Stay away from her.
Gina
Cold as ice and she’s sweating.
Aunt Kate
You’re inside the room?
Gina
Okay, she’s calming down. She had something stuck in her throat.
Gina
That color...it's worse than I thought.
Aunt Kate
Gina, do you understand that what she has is very serious?
Gina
I helped her cough it all up.
Aunt Kate
You can’t be near her.
Gina
I’ve been touching her all night.
Gina
If I’m going to get it, I’ve got it, right?
Aunt Kate
Not necessarily.
Aunt Kate
The more contact you have, the more likely you’ll get it.
Gina
I couldn’t just leave her.
Aunt Kate
Wait for me to get there.
Gina
You’re going to come inside the house?
Aunt Kate
I’ll stay outside with Disease Control.
Aunt Kate
But I’ll help figure out how to organize the quarantine.
Aunt Kate
We’ll have people in from Atlanta in a few hours.
Aunt Kate
Top people in the world. We’re going to be all right.
Gina
This is how Mom and Dad died.
Aunt Kate
It’s complicated. I’ll explain when I get there.
Gina
You’ll yell to me from out on the lawn?
Aunt Kate
You’re not going to die.
Gina
You don’t know that.
Aunt Kate
We’re getting the best people on it.
Aunt Kate
I swear you’re going to be okay.
Gina
What does Klamsa mean?
Gina
The baby. That’s what she’s saying now.
Aunt Kate
You’re still in the room?
Aunt Kate
Get out of there! And close the door!!
Gina
Ok! Wash my hands, too?
Gina
But what does “Klamsa” mean.
Aunt Kate
I don’t know. She’s just a toddler.
Gina
You sure you don’t know?
Gina
Because the Kelbs have a dictionary here.
Gina
Remember, I looked up Dzuma.
Gina
It wasn’t hard for me to look up Klamsa.
Aunt Kate
This isn’t something to worry about now.
Gina
She said it again. And I know what it means.
Aunt Kate
She’s a sick baby. Don’t worry about what she says.
Gina
She warns me about plague.
Gina
She warns me about liars.
Aunt Kate
I am not lying to you.
Gina
You don’t tell me the whole truth.
Aunt Kate
Gina, you’re all I have in the world.
Aunt Kate
I would never do anything to hurt you.
Gina
You have lied to me.
Gina
Took you a week to tell me Mom and Dad were gone.
Aunt Kate
I will explain everything I can.
Aunt Kate
Promise me you won’t go near her until then.
Gina
Wait…I smell something.
