Yeah, I agree, especially seeing how the map in Gøran's newspaper (on page 4) places the highest density of the outbreak at that point in northern Morocco and western Turkey - all those scary brown people. I can't help hoping that we will be learning more about the origin of the Rash at some point and the Patients Zero will be exonerated in retrospect, but the awfulness is not at all far-fetched anyway, especially looking at the awfulness that is currently going on without any terrible pandemics. /bitter refugee worker irl

Agreeing about the Hotakainens as well. It really feels like they could be our current Hotakainen kids in ideal circumstances, if they weren't a bunch of young people who have no idea how to best handle one another (not that I'm blaming them, really, they got royally screwed over by life way too young), but it's sad to consider what might have been. At least Onni is learning, though. And I do love Aino and Saku an awful lot as well; the way they care for each is other is so sweet and genuine. ♥