Goval Thadus gets healed without my help if I wait long enough

Type: 

Bug

Severity: 

Normal

Game version: 

Morrowind

Concerns: 

TR_Mainland

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Description: 

On the "Delivery to Ilvi Mine" quest, if I rest for too long before finding Goval Thadus, I get the quest update "I have healed Goval" despite having done nothing to this end.