ri[[3r wrote:
According to the Wiki, Leah's condition could have been TB. Now, previously, Meij was trying to permanently change the shape of her body, whilst Leah's change was a change to the condition of her cells. Think of the body's substance as material that has a memory: bend them out of shape, and they revert back to their original shape after a while. TB is a condition, a pathogen, which doesn't materially alter the body's shape. Rather, it inhabits the bodies cells. Once the body is "purged" of the pathogen, then the body is cured. I think. I have no idea if this makes any sense or not
The wiki isn't an oracle (I should know, I've written enough of the stuff there). It's just a compilation of what has been observed as the story has unfolded, either from the strip itself or through explanations in the Forum by Poe, Impy, etc. Sure, her condition "could have been" TB. It also "could have been" cancer, or allergies to the known universe, or tiny daemons crawling around in her bronchial tubes, or who knows what. The fact that only TB was mentioned in the wiki, of all these possibilities, doesn't mean squat. Your analysis of how TB works is close enough to correct (as it happens, the body isn't completely "cured" once the germs are dead, there can be residual effects on the lungs depending on how far the disease has progressed), but not particularly meaningful since there is no reason to believe that's what Leah's problem was, wiki or no wiki.
Maybe it would be best to delete that text or move it to the "Speculations" article. Speaking of which, this is reminding me of another wiki article that needs to get written.