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“You’re kidding?” I said flatly. “I never would have guessed.”
He chuckled.
“Tell me what it looks like,” I said.
He cut off a slice and put it in his mouth.
“It’s a big creature,” he said. “Scary. Not the kind of thing you want to stumble on when you’re going for a walk in the woods. A full-grown Methusida consists of two bodies, each with its own head. They look like a pair of sisters but they’re not. They’re part of the same creature. One is in charge of creative thought, the other of physical actions. Oh, and she has snakes for hair.”
A meatball rolled off my spoon. I thought he was kidding until he said the last part.
“Snakes for hair?” I said. “You’re talking about Medusa.”
“Methusida,” he corrected.
“It’s a mythical creature where I’m from.”
“It’s real where I live. And they’re deadly. But they make delicious steaks.”
I shook my head. It made my meatballs sound very dull in comparison.
“Do you have any idea what we’re supposed to be doing here?” I said.
“I guess they want us to stay here,” Chax said.
“Like a prison? But what for? We didn’t break any rules, did we?”
“A lot of strange things happen in the galaxy,” he said. “If you ask me, we’re pretty lucky. We’ve got a replicator for everything we need and a nice, big comfy bed to sleep in.”
“I have a nice big comfy bed to sleep in,” I said. “You’ve got the floor.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re a stranger. And you’re male.”
“The floor looks pretty hard…”
“You can have the blankets. We might have food but we don’t have anything else we need. No towels or soap or toilet paper.”
“That’s okay,” he said, chomping happily on his steak. “We can ask the replicator for it.”
The fork froze halfway to my mouth.
“The replicator?” I said.
“Sure. It can make anything you ask for.”
“You’re joking. I thought it was just for food.”
“Nope.”
I dropped my fork.
“Then why are we sitting here dressed like this?” I said.
I stomped toward the machine.
“Computer,” I said. “I want a nice big hoodie with a front pocket. Grey. And warm.”
