Miki escorts the nurse upstairs, where she insists on examining Master Ichiro in private.<br/><br/>Which takes some time.<br/><br/>Quite a bit of time.<br/><br/>So much time, in fact, that Noriko returns from her shopping before the nurse emerges, though she does so shortly thereafter.<br/><br/>"It seems he has a strain of the flu, though it's too soon to rule out something more serious.  I'm taking a blood sample back to the hospital, and in the meantime be sure to keep him hydrated and rested."