"Oh, don't say that yet. The big one might be hiding the others. Whitney doesn't deserve worms. They just had rats."

Ares is trying to keep this very light. Very chatty, so she can tell he is okay. It's not going to be like the other cases they'd encountered. "Did you get any diseases? Or hurt at all?" Because without direct questions, he's not sure he trusts her to be honest about that, and his eyes will not allow him to focus long enough to assess for himself.