The good news was that she did at least address the issue before it came that far. It got close, but it didn't get to the point of zombification and the damage wasn't permanent. That possibility would have been worse than emotional rejection by a mile. She wouldn't have been able to handle becoming that because of this. "Agreed," she muttered past a little cough.

"Good. I'd really rather not find out what a Geth zombie is like."