[His expression shifts, knowing he's about to give bad news.]
This is a quarantine, we're here to make sure we're safe to pass on to other planets or whatever. There was a virus outbreak not too long back, took out a good chunk of the population.
[There was no way to say that the possibility for it to happen again wasn't there. It could, and no matter how it was worded, 'you've been sucked into a portal unwillingly and a virus could come through and kill us all before we ever get home' is hardly the best news to deliver to anyone.]
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[His expression shifts, knowing he's about to give bad news.]
This is a quarantine, we're here to make sure we're safe to pass on to other planets or whatever. There was a virus outbreak not too long back, took out a good chunk of the population.
[There was no way to say that the possibility for it to happen again wasn't there. It could, and no matter how it was worded, 'you've been sucked into a portal unwillingly and a virus could come through and kill us all before we ever get home' is hardly the best news to deliver to anyone.]