"In machinery, stresses are a problem," Colin explains, watching her. "Machines that need to run hot have indicators. The 'Red Line' is where a machine can no longer safely operate. You can push a machine into the red briefly, but only briefly. If you keep running it red, it will break, and it will be more trouble than it's worth to repair it."
He shakes his head and moves to sit down near her. "I can tell you haven't dealt with this before," he says. "But even people who have usually push themselves a little. You... if you'd just taken it easy, laid back, and rested like you were supposed to, this would have been clear in a little over a week. But you keep pushing it, and what your body should be using to recover is instead going towards keeping you from keeling over."
"Believe it or not, I don't want to be here chewing you out," he says, rolling his eyes. "But you keep pushing yourself way past what you can take. Living beings aren't meant to be sick like this, for this long. Eventually, you may not be ABLE to recover. And then we're all going to be screwed, because I'm not about to let you die."
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He shakes his head and moves to sit down near her. "I can tell you haven't dealt with this before," he says. "But even people who have usually push themselves a little. You... if you'd just taken it easy, laid back, and rested like you were supposed to, this would have been clear in a little over a week. But you keep pushing it, and what your body should be using to recover is instead going towards keeping you from keeling over."
"Believe it or not, I don't want to be here chewing you out," he says, rolling his eyes. "But you keep pushing yourself way past what you can take. Living beings aren't meant to be sick like this, for this long. Eventually, you may not be ABLE to recover. And then we're all going to be screwed, because I'm not about to let you die."