Chapter 78: Rest and healing.

NIGEL ACHED TO argue, to insist he was fine on Umicore Prime. Hearing that he wasn’t healthy felt like a slap to the face to his parents, to Warrior Nightmen. They had done the best they could. It felt profoundly wrong to admit that they hadn’t cared for him a hundred percent, or that the environment had won against him.

But he said nothing. Instead, he sniffed.

The smell returned then, rich and inviting. The alien drink smelled bloody ...