Since Austin had been too busy, he made three simple burgers. His cooking skills had improved these past few days, and the burgers smelled delicious.
Galen devoured his food, and Austin passed a burger to his granduncle, saying, “I’ve removed the virus from you completely, right? Your pulse has been good from yesterday till this morning. Could the virus be concealing itself again?”
“I don’t think so.” Dominic shook his head and stretched his arms. “I feel energized all over my body now.”
“That’s great! If so, we can draw out the virus using acupuncture. Still, I don’t know why the acupuncture needle could draw it out.” Austin was still puzzled whenever he recalled what happened the night before.
Even though he removed the virus, he did not understand how it worked.
Dominic shook his head and said, “It’s not about drawing it out. When the virus meets its rival, it’s unable to withstand it and simply dies.”
“Rival?” Austin stopped eating his burger and cocked his head thoughtfully. “Are you saying the immune system kicked in?”
Dominic looked at his grandnephew approvingly and thought, ‘He’s getting smarter now.’
The older man enjoyed his food and said, “You’re right, from a mainstream medicine viewpoint. Our bodies suffer when we can’t recover from the virus’s vicious attack, which weakens our organs.
“Still…” Dominic paused, turned to Galen, and lovingly held the little one’s hand. “Thank goodness for this little guy. It’s a good thing we discovered the antibodies in him.”
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