[ It's a compromise of sorts, and Steve figures that if one of the few people here who isn't running a fever and covered in festering wounds is suggesting it, that it's probably a safe bet. ]

... It's a gamble, but we don't really have the luxury of choice right now either.

[ He coughs around the metallic taste of blood in his mouth. Can't ever seem to get rid of it. ]

I can put mine in. You're more in your right mind right now, seems like a good idea for you to hold onto yours just in case.

[ And if the rest of them get worse, or become nonfunctional, Istredd can always make the call to put the last one in. ]