@amour__hxneybonie__ thank you for the compliment!! It does seem rather sudden that Eliza died, but I did try to squeeze in tiny details that showed she’d been sick for awhile. Ill have to go back and make sure they’re obvious upon reflection. I feel like that disease presented itself a few different ways. Some were noticeable ill, while others sort of wasted away. In more privileged areas, some young women actually WANTED to get sick because they felt the disease would give them that pale, gaunt look!! It’s pretty interesting to read about what it did back then, and how it wiped out entire communities. Thank you so much for reading, I’m very grateful for your time!