"It'll be either a virus or a bacterium, and if you learn how to make vaccines you can plausibly shut it down.  Cheliax seemed to think that would cause a population explosion and cities would get more crowded until the level of plague went back into equilibrium, unless I could develop contraception, which would have to be usable by people of Intelligence 7, or I could develop better roads to enable fewer less-crowded cities."

"Aside Fe-Anar, that was Very Serious Person intonation, endaside."

"It'll be either a virus or a bacterium, and if you learn how to make vaccines you can plausibly shut it down.  Cheliax seemed to think that would cause a population explosion and cities would get more crowded until the level of epidemics went back into equilibrium, unless I could develop contraception, which would have to be usable by people of Intelligence 7, or I could develop better roads to enable fewer less-crowded cities."

"Aside Fe-Anar, that was Very Serious Person intonation, endaside."

"It'll be either a virus or a bacterium, and if you learn how to make vaccines you can plausibly shut it down.  Cheliax seemed to think that would cause a population explosion and cities would get more crowded until the level of epidemics went back into equilibrium, unless I could develop contraception, which would have to be usable by people of Intelligence 7, or I could develop better roads to enable fewer less-crowded cities."

"Aside Fe-Anar, that was Very Serious intonation, endaside."

"It'll be either a virus or a bacterium, and if you learn how to make vaccines you can plausibly shut it down.  Cheliax seemed to think that would cause a population explosion and cities would get more crowded until the level of epidemics went back into equilibrium, unless I could develop contraception, which would have to be usable by people of Intelligence 7, or I could develop better roads to enable more less-crowded cities."

"Aside Fe-Anar, that was Very Serious intonation, endaside."