[ She doubts that she'd be the one to get sick, given the circumstances, but she nods her head in agreement, dropping her hand back to her side. If she needs to make the official reason for "her sake" in order to get him taken care of, then sobeit. ]

We should be far away enough now that we're not in immediate danger anymore. We haven't eaten anything... and they'll surely be looking for us again after daybreak, so we should get some sleep. Should I go ahead and climb down myself?

[ She's already moving to do so, in either case. ]