[ yeah, but the difference here is that jake wouldn't have gotten caught, so it doesn't even matter if he tells hershel or not ] Forget it. How're you feeling now? [ after hershel plays down his kicked puppy card, he will resort not to lecturing him about the whole secret punishment thing, and just jump straight to figuring out his current state. ]

Tell me about it. She was acting weird when we talked two days ago. Her temperature seemed okay, though. [ from what at least he could feel, though it might have not been too accurate considering the circumstances of the time ]