The cold of being around Nageki for this long is making itself apparent. In reality it's bad enough to make a tropics-adapted friend of his have serious trouble.

"If I am a bird, I believe the time I could be carrying any infectious diseases has passed." He's not sure why he believes that, but there it is, a heavy and reassuring fact. Nageki can't carry anything harmful. "If I'm not, you've stood here this long."