Chapter 18

Caleb scraped the last bit of rabbit meat from the bone and tossed it into the embers. He reached for a glass resting on a flat stone near the fire, dipping it into the basin fed by the Minor Hydration Collector. The array hummed with a faint, rhythmic pulse, pulling moisture from the damp island air and trickling it into the stone pit. He drank deep, the cool water a sharp contrast to the greasy smoke clogging his throat. He sat back, staring at his palms. Since upgrading the Nexus Array...