Chapter Thirty-Two
Carl hadn’t said a thing since Jas had rescued him from the Shadow trap. He lay on the examining bed in the sick bay aboard the Thylacine as the doctor subjected him to a battery of tests. Carl’s eyes were open, but they didn’t focus on anything. If food was placed in front of him, he would eat, and he would drink water that was offered. He would also stand up and walk around randomly, so the doctor kept him restrained to the bed with straps.
Jas refused to leave his side, convinced that he would be executed as a Shadow once he was out of her sight. She also kept AX7 next to her. The unit obeyed her and no one else. How it had overridden its compliance protocols, she didn’t know. It was true that the defense units she’d encountered had always seemed a little more indep
