Pawfully Undignified

Equius is prone to bouts of coughing after he's been ill. Also prone to trying to hide it. Poor silly Equius.

You're past the point, now, of trying to convince yourself that the tickle that started in your throat hasn't migrated downward into your airsacs where it chafes at you every time you breathe in too deeply. You're just breathing shallowly, tinkering with a servomechanism while Nepeta drinks tea with Feferi Peixes. It would be improper to draw attention to yourself now - now, while the highest-ranking troll on the planet is in the room, even if nothing of more consequence than a game of cards punctuated by kitty roleplay is going on.