[He absolutely just got sick by virtue of being in a big forest and suffering at cardio enough that he was susceptible to illness. But he is not about to tell the lady he has a massive crush on this information.]

Totally, I was working really hard, barely got any rest trying to help everyone survive; you know how it is. [SMOOTH SAVE.] Wait. I'm sorry, could you repeat the last part? I think I heard, like, five options. Mishearing things is totally a symptom of the Dragon Forest Flu.