As visibly sick as he was, Isaac couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed and ashamed when Erizen saw him as he was, unable to perform his duty and help out the castle. It was completely understandable, of course, and there wasn't much he could do about it other than try to get better for the next day, but it sucked to think someone else was going to have to pick up his slack. They just barely pulled in enough coal to fuel all of the furnaces and keep all of the torches lit as it was, and there was no denying the coal deposits down in the underground were running drier and drier every week. They could expand their operation out farther, of course, but that just increased the possibility that they would get lost or wouldn't make it back to the castle in time. He looked forward to the day they harnessed redstone for renewable energy, since even the unrefined ore seemed to have some power to it.<br/><br/>Although he wasn't happy about, Isaac went along with Erizen's inspection, trusting the woman more than anyone else to help him get back on his feet if she could. On top of everything, he hated bothering her like this when he knew she had so much on her plate pretty much all hours of the day, so he tried not to keep her longer than he had to, even when she proved not to have anything to give him to hurry along his illness. "Thanks, ma'am. I will..." was practically all he said to her when she told him to return if he was still sick tomorrow, nodding his appreciation as he slowly made his way back outside.<br/><br/>At this point, there was little more to do than rest, but Isaac honestly couldn't bear the thought of putting himself down in the dim barracks room for the entire day. Instead, he found himself a nice clearing in the grass and set down there, taking deep breathes to control his nausea. Lying back on the ground, he closed his eyes and tried to further relax, figuring he would go and get some bread later if it would help settle his stomach. He was in no rush now that he had been forced to take all day to recover.