[ What, did the exaggerated circles under his eyes give him away? ]

Tell that to my stupid body! It'd rather hack up a lung whenever I lie down instead... [ As if to demonstrate how ruthless his cough has been, he pauses to hack into the crook of his arm. ] I'd get tea or somethin', but that requires, y'know, knowing...how to make tea.

[ It's literally hot water with leaves in it but even that is asking a lot of him in the kitchen. ]