The sounds of heels clicking on stone approach as a female figure rounds the corner. She is dressed in the garb of a plague doctor.

You there. These are dangerous times. You'd do well to keep your distance.

Haven't you heard there's a plague about? She snaps impatiently

The pestilence takes whomever it pleases, so I suggest you scurry off to your home and barricade the doors.

Unless you wish to help contain its spread?