"Oh, of course not. Well water, on the other hand, is quite clean. I think. We must have farther to go yet." Kind of Abel to try and spare him from whatever disease the park might curse with, but that would make far too much sense. "Besides, I hear time is of the essence here. Who knows how long this cure will hold? Oh, unless you bottled some for the trouble?" Ted would do just that once they found the cure for what ailed them. Or at least him; if Abel got sick too, he didn't show it.

Just to join in on the killing, Ted would produce a sophisticated bug zapper he got from Nova City. "Watch this!" With a flick of a switch, tiny arcs of electricity would fry each and every pest. It even calibrated to avoid the helpful ones, like ladybugs, on the DNA level. Fancy! And perhaps doing untold ecological harm in the process, but who cares about that?

Further in, they would find a more formal source of water, which Ted could collect heedlessly. "Don't worry; I won't blame you if I contract yet another illness. There's many a doctor who can help besides. Thank you for your help as well; I'm glad your piracy was short-lived."