It wasn't surprising for Neil when it turned out to be Quartermasters stew that caused the infection.

Neil had been wanting to do something that had to do with science all summer, but now that he got it, he wished he'd never complained in the first place.

Over the past three days he's been studying the infection and noting things about it, trying to construct an antidote.

Now he was in one of the tents, writing things down in a notebook. He looked more and more stressed everyday.