[ Iramaat laughs and draws her hand back, apparently not put out all that much by the defensive swat. Instead she just flashes him a smile and lifts her shoulders in a shrug. It's not her decisions. ]

Not just any disease. Highly infectious and it spreads through just about anything and everything - plants, animals, the soil... and once it takes you, you're well and truly gone. Seems a bit excessive, I know, but...

[ She cocks her head. ]

I suppose it's part of the reason we're here.