And it's because of my health that I want to wait until this experiment is over.

[He doesn't want to risk leaving the house. That's why he's been up here in his room all day, after all. He's not even talking to people over the journal.] If this is something caused by stress, then... the last thing I need is to put any more undue stress on my heart.

The malnosso are good at that.

[There's a distinct bitterness in those last few words. It wasn't a tone Ion used often.]