Once they plucked enough leaves from that strange plant, they all came back to where the rest of the group was; Mr. Collins was still laying on the ground in pain.
“Make room for us, fellows!” Emily cried out, advancing together with Nadine and Jerry. She was holding the curative leaves.
“Damn it! It has bitten him on the neck!” Jerry said as soon as he saw that the victim’s neck had become fiery red. Once he saw them, he started moving irregularly, making it impossible for the Proximian girl to treat him. “He shouldn’t move! And you shouldn’t touch him! He may be contagious!” she shouted. So, Jerry took a few towels and, helped by Amelia and Mr. Wilson, he tried to hold the biologist still as Nadine got ready to apply the Aloi’ii táásh leaves right where he had been bitten. Mr. Collins
