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Mere minutes later
"Can high fever cause amnesia?", Warner asked.
As soon as he got out of Alice's room (after shortly bidding her a good evening) he went to find Doctor Veens.
"Nope", Doctor Veens replied, his eyes aimed at the clipboard in his hand. But by the flick of his pen there was something more to it.
"But lack of oxygen to the brain can", he said and made a subtle point motion at the chief commander with said pen.
"Lack of oxygen?", Warner repeated.
He thought back to a week ago. The snow. The blood. How she had struggled to breath. But had it been so extreme that she hadn't gotten any air into her lungs?
"Was that enough to cause such damage?", he wondered.
Veens pursed his lips and gave him a mindful look.
"She was in a very bad condition when she came in, sir. Without the tube she wouldn't have been breathing at all; so maybe there was some damage to the brain. We'll be able to take a look with the CAT-scan tomorrow. We never thought to consider any brain damage, she has seemed very healthy; but if she has amnesia like you're saying there might something to it. If there's any lasting damage we'll have a problem", he said.
Yes, Warner agreed, that would be a problem. But it would excuse Alice not remembering her own parents' first names. And her sector. And how she got to sector 45.
But more importantly...
"Will it wear off?", Warner asked.
"What will?", the doctor asked. His attention had managed to drift back to the medical report.
"The amnesia? Will she remember again?"
The doctor sighed, as if he had better things to do. Which he probably had with trying to find a plague treatment. He crossed his arms, tucking the clipboard under his arm.
"If there has been damage to the brain I can't actually say, sir. If there hasn't she can hopefully recover."
Warner nodded. Clicked his tongue. He ran over his schedule in his head, he didn't have much time before his sector meeting.
"I want an immediate report from the CAT-scan tomorrow, Doctor", he said.
Doctor Veens just nodded at him, returning his attention to the clipboard, his other hand giving him a dismissive wave.
"Of course, sir."
The commander left.