there were quite a few others that smelled very different. Balto supposed Sorrow had many different strains under his command, but decided not to try and think of what they might be. Even if he had wanted to, it wasn’t made clear from his virus vision, because although he could see where patches of pathogens had been, they had all died and decayed, becoming unrecognizable. Upon further investigation, he found that Sorrow had been smart enough not to leave anything helpful behind, and gave up looking, preparing to anxiously wait out another day, hoping that Jenna would be alright.

Note:  The line “You like jazz, baby?” is an inside reference to a love story I’m writing about Balto and Jenna.  It’s used by Balto here because it’s something only the two of them know, and thus allows Jenna to recognize that it’s really him.