15/03/2026 01:46

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I ought not have wanted to. Jason carried nothing. His words, the careful observations delivered by a man so far from home, or at least by a construct that felt as if it were a man, were impressive in their courage. They went in the trash.

One thing this moon is short of is metal. In space, though, the cost of zealotry is higher. But a few weeks ago before we left Panacea one of her toenails got infected and needed to be lanced and cleaned. “That’s no problem.