Cassandra's body, which had clearly lost more than half its total mass, was definitely not a pleasant sight. Understandably, both Eva and I didn't linger in the medbay any longer than necessary.
Oh, and then there was the injectable medical fluid. Only one vial remained. We should've restocked the last time we docked somewhere... but hindsight is a cruel tutor.
I handed it over to Eva for now, since her condition was visibly worse than mine.
While the girls were undergoing recovery, I took control of the Range Falcon and went out to retrieve our loot.
Not too far from where we started—up near what I could only describe as the "ceiling" of the core zone—floated an egg. The very egg we nearly died trying to obtain.
"Who would've thought a basic fetch quest would spiral into a life-or-death nightmare…"
I let out a long sigh as the tractor beam slowly drew the egg toward the ship.
There was no rush anymore. Not with the worst already behind us.
