They’ll freeze for half a second—processing whether you’re joking—then double over in silent, shoulder-shaking giggles, the way people used to when someone said, “We used to heal fevers with frog soup and prayer.” Tears will bead at the corners of their eyes (real ones, not the cosmetic lacrimal enhancements), and they’ll gasp, “Wait—people used to just get sick? Like, randomly?
