Do I have a chance, Sal?" "I don't know," she told him truthfully. "I will probably be insane in a few months and dead in a couple more. You need to know that. I want to live, and I'm hoping I beat this thing that happens to every Kaisae in history, but humans worked it into our genes, so it might be impossible." "Yeah," he breathed. "That's not exactly what I expected you to say,
