[video, backdated to earlier in the month, from un:whitewolf]

[northerndragon]

[Somehow, Jon looks even worse than he did in Alem: pale, maybe even a touch greenish, his lips pressed together firmly. Back then, everyone looked terrible, underwashed and underfed and tired. Now, he's clean, but it's clear that something disagrees with him.

After a moment, he spits out his question.]

Is this a normal way to travel where you all come from?

[Perhaps it is only his sense of balance that has been under siege in recent days. Anyway, he's asking the important questions.]

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[northerndragon]

Worse?

[That's a bleak prospect.]

We're in first class. I could use a glass of ale.

---> action

[rumorate]

Be right there.

[She takes the glass of ginger ale and slips through the cabins until she finds Jon. She offers him a small smile before handing over the glass.]

It's not ale-ale, but the bubbles and ginger will help settle your stomach a bit.

[Then she'll take in how he's sitting. Is he near a window? Is he facing the direction the train is going? She knows the lurching is a big part of the problem, but sometimes the little tricks can help your brain.]