When they announced the cure for mortality, you were absolutely ecstatic. You and Porrim immediately ran to the nearest "hospital" (which was really just a small shack), as well as 60% of the planet. All it was was a simple injection, and it was quite cheap too. 40 sweeps went by, and the two of you were still young and healthy. One day, Porrim was reading something, and you went to see what it was about. One of the patients "died".
At first it was only a mild tingly feeling, and soon enough, he constantly felt like there were bugs crawling over his skin. Then, his body was covered in infected, disgusting wounds. They tried to keep the bugs away, but there were too many of them and they just wouldn't stop coming. Even so, he was still conscious, and he could still feel everything. Even when half of his body was rotting and being eaten.
It was at this moment that you realized: