"M-m-M-m-M," the alien went, slapping himself on the chest with his opened palms.
Ellik turned to me, grinning. "I asked him if he wanted to stop being an Indigo and become an Azure. He thinks I can do anything and he's all for it."
After we fed Mhaw a dose of null-shock from our packs, Doc Ellik started to slice him open with a ceramic knife he had borrowed from the Azures.
But Ellik had forgotten that the alien might get frightened seeing himself cut open, even if he couldn't feel any pain. It had never happened to him before.
The alien lumbered to his feet, his chest hanging open, showing his heart beating like some animal caught inside a blueberry pudding.
I drove a right cross into his jaw, and felt the jar all the way up to my shoulder.
