Location:Off-World — Beastkin World (Capital Settlement)
Date/Time:Mid Emberwane, 9939 AZI (Day 10)
Realm:Nexus Mission
Eden made the compound before they left the grove.
She worked in silence — grinding local plants with the mortar from her medical kit, adding drops from two vials, mixing with the particular patience of a surgeon who understood that precision in preparation was the difference between painless and painful. The result was a clear solution. Odourless. Fast-absorbing through skin contact. A dampened cloth carried in a sealed pouch.
"Just in case," Eden said. Her blue eyes steady. Her hands steady. Everything was steady because the alternative was not steady, and Eden had spent ninety years learning that the hands came first and the feelings came after.
Reiko came with them.
