[Lance doesn't usually get sick; fortunately, considering his life experiences, he has a strong immune system and only comes down with anything worth skipping work over maybe once every few years. So when he became sick a few days earlier it was a bit of a surprise, but he found it more annoying than anything else and just spent most of the time sleeping.
But once the fever and paranoia set in, things took a turn. Lance is already naturally a little paranoid and skittish, and the illness barely has to amplify anything to make him enough so that sleeping soon becomes easier said than done; instead he starts mentally going over everything that's happening in Hadriel lately, from the individuals he's been counseling to the issue of the rogue Null.
It's the latter that prompts Lance to eventually decide to leave his apartment, because he has the sudden need to make progress on this issue. What if his delay in talking to people and taking action causes something to happen? A lot of the people here are difficult and untrustworthy, and most of them he's only spoken with over the phones so far. He has to talk to people face to face to get a good sense of how much they mean what they're saying, and so that's what he's going to do.
Lance doesn't choose Michael to talk to first for any real specific reason; he's just on the list of those to seek out. But he happens to be the first person on said list that Lance notices when he heads out, and although Lance doesn't miss the tension in Michael's posture--and it's concerning--he's too worried about the issue of Name to let it deter him. Instead he heads in Michael's direction, speaking up to catch Michael's attention, although not loud enough that it would count as raising his voice.]
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But once the fever and paranoia set in, things took a turn. Lance is already naturally a little paranoid and skittish, and the illness barely has to amplify anything to make him enough so that sleeping soon becomes easier said than done; instead he starts mentally going over everything that's happening in Hadriel lately, from the individuals he's been counseling to the issue of the rogue Null.
It's the latter that prompts Lance to eventually decide to leave his apartment, because he has the sudden need to make progress on this issue. What if his delay in talking to people and taking action causes something to happen? A lot of the people here are difficult and untrustworthy, and most of them he's only spoken with over the phones so far. He has to talk to people face to face to get a good sense of how much they mean what they're saying, and so that's what he's going to do.
Lance doesn't choose Michael to talk to first for any real specific reason; he's just on the list of those to seek out. But he happens to be the first person on said list that Lance notices when he heads out, and although Lance doesn't miss the tension in Michael's posture--and it's concerning--he's too worried about the issue of Name to let it deter him. Instead he heads in Michael's direction, speaking up to catch Michael's attention, although not loud enough that it would count as raising his voice.]
Michael?