You should start feeling better in a little while if it did! Since I'm not sure what kind of sickness this is, it might take a day or so... do you feel any different right now?
[Even if it were, he wouldn't really care. All of the sweating he's been doing has dehydrated him pretty badly and he needs the water, meaning he's going to gulp it down as fast as possible.]
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Now I guess we wait to see if it works.
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How will we know if it did?
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[And he inhales experimentally to see if it's helped his breathing at all. That will be the most obvious sign.]
... my chest doesn't as much when I breathe. Wow, it really does help!
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Is there anything else you think you need right now? Uh, water or something, maybe?
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