I don't know if we have enough info for that. But given the abilities of some of the people here, maybe they'll come up with something else. Something that doesn't rely on living energy. [He says the words with near contempt at this point, a distrust for this thing that kept battering their lives.]

[But that's to worry about later. When he stops wondering if it would be for the best if all of them were destroyed.]

It's not so bad. I'm taking breaks, get medicine from the medical tent. Ever get those kinks worked out?