Dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and other inflammatory myositis conditions tend to cause weakness that gets worse slowly over weeks or months. The weakness affects large muscle groups, including the neck, shoulders, hips, and back.
An indirect quote is where you present an author's ideas in your own words. This can be done either through paraphrasing (go to next) or summarising. reference the sentence. Even though it has been written in your own words, it is still someone else's idea.
Indirect exposition, sometimes called incluing, is a technique of worldbuilding in which the reader is gradually exposed to background information about the world in which a story is set. The idea is to clue the readers in to the world the author is building without them being aware of it.