Robb laughed. "We did enough sweating on the way. You wouldn't want to sweat out the trip back on a belly full of booze."
"That may be a better idea than you think it is, Captain."
The four men turned to find Hamston sitting up on his bunk.
"Hamston!" Robb exclaimed, "how do you feel?"
"Terrible."
"What happened to you?" asked Kingsley.
Hamston stared at each man individually. He took a deep breath and his cheeks puffed up as he let it out slowly. "Well, I guess you'd better know now."
Robb frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Farnsworth and I separated after we got about four miles from the ship. I thought I saw something that looked like a cave. I figured I might find something interesting there to take back with me. So I told Farnsworth I'd keep radio contact with him and off I went."
"Did you find a cave?" Robb wanted to know.