"Sorry. There's kids here and no doctors." Bad enough that they're starving. Alec doesn't really want to think about what would happen if an illness spread through the hotel. "I've been trying to protect them from as much of this as I can."

Knowing that it isn't the 'typical flu', Alec considers what else could it be but has the feeling if he asks, it'll cause problems when he only wants to help. "If you still want to know what's going on, I'll help with that. And warn you about the elevators. They usually stop working between floors."