“It was me, you know. That first day you were here. I was the one who saved you from the zeelk. I was the one who carried you back on my irkdu.” “You were?” I whispered. He didn’t look hurt, but he didn’t exactly look happy, either. It was like I’d confirmed his suspicions. “You do not remember.” “I remember that day,” I said quickly. How the hell could I not? How could I forget the moment we’d landed in the Zaphrinax desert, only to have zeelk tear our ship apart and kill every single crew member except Chapman? We’d all scattered onto the open sands in pure, animal terror, running this way
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