The snap in her tone was as good a sign as any, Sasuke ticking off Patient is alert and aware. The rest was to be expected in the progression of the flu she'd caught -- the same thing Adela had had, a pernicious gift from climates that most Konoha-nin didn't spend much time in. Ami's symptoms were clearing more slowly than the average, it seemed, but they were definitely on the way out.

"How frequently are you coughing now?" He stepped closer to the bed, glancing over the breakfast tray sitting on the side table to see how much had been eaten.