I never get a cold, okay. Like never. I don't even have to take medicine. Okay, now with all that out of the way, I have to confess, I don't feel so good today. My stomach is dueling with my intestines, and I'm fairly certain that my heart and lungs have switched places. It is not very good at all. How could it get any worse, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. I have been commissioned, along with the rest of the Dalshicca, to perform ad the palace for some important guest. Maybe I have time to recover my health before the performance? Wrong! No, it's this very evening, and my body hates me! Oh! And the Father is definitely going to be there, unlike a rumor my friend told me. This is sure to be a disaster! I haven't been able to sleep well since I began having these symptoms, which only started two days ago... when I heard about us performing before the Father. You would think that a member of the great Dalshicca wouldn't know what stage fright is. And you'd be right. Whatever is happening to me, it is not stage fright. Our leader has been to see me several times already, as he worries for the upcoming show. He isn't sure I can do it. Not that we really have a choice in the matter. We don't have the time to prepare a different set, and we no longer have a backup... I am the backup. And yet I can't even speak, much less sing! My throat is raw and aches. My head is light and my vision is unfocused. All of this is happening, and yet I NEVER get sick, so what is wrong with me?