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he doing to her?”
    “According to the message I just heard through my vtp, the robot, an android that was designed to act as an Anesthesiologist, must raise the nitrous oxide level, or else Jen will go into shock.”
    “Somebody help me!” Jen lapsed into silence.
    My stomach muscles tightened, a nervous reaction. “How can I help?”
    “Sign Zero form,” UE replied. “Exp One is far from Blue. You are the captain. After you sign, Dr. Yis can proceed. Joel, the surgeon and I have already gone too far without your permission. For the time being, this consent form will have to suffice. The laws on this method of consent are vague. EMPE executives might consider this operation illegal.
    “Also, right now, Dr. Yis is investigating her wound because the beast’s saliva may be saturated with mutated streptococcus. The surgeon wants to eliminate any infection.”
    Would the mutated organism kill her? I wasn’t sure.
    I took the tablet with the form from UE and signed.
    “There is a problem.” UE glanced at Jen. “Dr. Yis has never operated on a human, he has only studied holograms. However, without more medical attention, she will either die or remain in a coma.”
    Jen didn’t blink. Her stomach rose slowly—she was breathing. There wasn’t anything else I could do. I wiped sweat off my face and exhaled, releasing tension.
    Joel’s voice came out of my vtp. “Greg, I’m almost finished repairing the engine wall. I filled holes with a carbon nanotube polymer sealant. However, the sealant may crumble in two months.”
    “Understood.”
    Alan’s voice came out of my vtp. “Greg, Thomas and I are searching for an orbit that isn’t filled with space debris.”
    “Keep me posted.” Joel needed to train David, because Joel was exhausted. Joel didn’t have enough time to see Jen. I would check on her myself.
    UE turned toward me. “According to a recent text message from E Four, a Reen humanoid named Eim wants you alone, no other humans from this ship, to visit E Four and speak to the Council. I can fly you down on a shuttlecraft.
    “Eim contacted me because he received a message from Dr. Yis telling them that you killed the Uduss. Dr. Yis didn’t say anything else about Eim.”
    “I wasn’t alone . Will Jen get some recognition?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “The crew deserves a break from these tight-living quarters. Can they visit E Four?”
    “I just sent Eim a message mentioning your request.”
    I paused. “Who fired bullets at the Uduss?” I told him what happened.
    UE bent two fingers, indicating that he was thinking. “A few minutes ago, David called and told me he saw a video of the battle. When the beast was close to you, a small robot entered the room and fired a ball-shaped grenade into its mouth.”
    “Thanks. Who fired the grenades?”
    “I don’t know.”
    On my vtp, thirty incoming messages, all of them urgent, illuminated and turned red. It was important to read all of them.
    “What was going on outside Exp One while I was fighting that beast? There was a lot of noise.”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Another tube attached to the hull—”
    “I don’t know about that, either,” he responded, cutting me short. He looked at the surgeon.
    “Ask David or Alan to study video archives and tell me what happened.”
    “I will. Right now, the crew is running out of food and water. They need you to act as a liaison. The surgeon just told me that the Reen respect any beings who kill the Uduss.”
    “I didn’t have much choice. It was fight or die.”
    “Agreed.”
    Dr. Yis kept staring at Jen, examining her.
    I yawned. “I need some sleep.”
    “You can rest during the flight to the planet’s surface.”
    “When do we leave?”
    “In fifty-eight minutes.”
    I entered shuttle bay one.
    UE stepped inside the shuttle craft’s center cockpit, one of three side-by-side compartments.
    I climbed a ramp, entered another cockpit, bags in hand, and sat down. Within seconds, the canopy