Unwilling Duo
"You should go to him," Thoma said.
"Can I try? Who knows, I just might be of help," Grey asked.
He didn't want to leave without trying, even though he wasn't a hundred percent certain that he would be able to help, he still needed to try.
"You can't help me, boy, just let it go," Thoma said.
"Believe in me sir, just like your son did. I'm only going to try," Grey persuaded.
"I want to, I really do, but the thing is, I was infected by a miasma when searching for Ellis a few years back when he disappeared without a…" Thoma explained his condition to Grey.
The miasma that infected him was something they have never encountered before, when someone tried to help him, the person was also infected by it. After the miasma entered his body, it turned into horrifying energy that is slowly corroding his innards.