Chapter Thirty-Four
Jay was strapped to a cold, metal chair by his wrists and ankles. He squinted against the ultraviolet light until his vision adjusted. Nojus and his pair of Purity Preservers stood inside the bright tube with him. Under the ultraviolet, their robes glowed blue-white and their red goggles had turned a shade of violet.
One of the Preservers zipped a door on the membrane wall. At the edge of Jay’s vision stood new people in angelic white. They weren’t Preservers; they wore simple gowns with latex gloves and plastic boots.
‘So that went well,’ Jay said.
There was a dot-shaped sticking plaster on the inside of his elbow, covering a pinprick. They’d taken his blood to test it, but Jay knew they wouldn’t find much.
‘I’m normal, guys,’ he said. ‘Just like you.’
‘Is that s
