They sang of coming to Earth “to spread the joy, to bring the light.” And when they did, that “light” would destroy the planet many times over. It was a death song, a song devoid of logic or memory. If a robot could become a zombie, that’s what these Chargers now were, including poor Oji. Udide decided to call them Trippers, because they’d taken their trip to the sun’s core and survived, but weren’t the same.

