"Are you ill?" If he was ill, Lust wasn't certain she wanted to be sitting so close to him. Perhaps she'd misjudged his reactions. Anxiety and fear could easily produce similar effects. It wasn't as though everyone was welcoming this small chance to see something beyond the same walls everyday.

"Lean down and put your head between your knees," she advised, resting a hand on the boy's back. She had no desire to deal with oral human waste.