Later, they'd find out that the cure only worked while the patient was still ill, and they wouldn't restore what was lost. Those who had already survived and gotten past it, and therefore had their foundations destroyed, wouldn't have a use for the current cure.
However, the family wasn't too disappointed. Alterra had produced and figured out so many things by themselves already.
This meant that, in time, hopefully, new and improved medicine could be created—medicine to help people like his mother.
If they didn't, then that simply meant it was not possible in the first place. Having Alterra work on it meant that the best really had been done, regardless of the result.
On their way to Alterra, they unfortunately encountered some town-level monsters and had to get into a fight, causing his mother to be injured even when there was no direct contact.
