[ He supposes this warrants some sort of explanation. The initial confusion is something he's experienced before ]
In my world, one of the scholars in medicine devised some sort of explanation for this, the presence of small creatures called 'animalcules'. These animalcules are incredibly tiny, but they exist. They can be seen through the use of a magnifier device. Animalcules usually go about their business like a mouse or beetle would, but sometimes they are induced to change from their harmless nature. Just like how a fly would come to nibble on one's food, the changed animalcules would come and suck a person's blood or invade their body to cause illness. The scholars proved the efficiency of their study by making medicine that specifically drive out these animalcules from an ill person's body. Then they got better.
[ Boreas folds his arms. ]
If there were changed animalcules in that world, maybe they could have attached themselves to the travelers' clothing like tiny fleas. Then they disembarked here and went around doing their havoc. The problem now, of course, is catching one and identifying it....
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In my world, one of the scholars in medicine devised some sort of explanation for this, the presence of small creatures called 'animalcules'. These animalcules are incredibly tiny, but they exist. They can be seen through the use of a magnifier device. Animalcules usually go about their business like a mouse or beetle would, but sometimes they are induced to change from their harmless nature. Just like how a fly would come to nibble on one's food, the changed animalcules would come and suck a person's blood or invade their body to cause illness. The scholars proved the efficiency of their study by making medicine that specifically drive out these animalcules from an ill person's body. Then they got better.
[ Boreas folds his arms. ]
If there were changed animalcules in that world, maybe they could have attached themselves to the travelers' clothing like tiny fleas. Then they disembarked here and went around doing their havoc. The problem now, of course, is catching one and identifying it....