"He misses the clan." It's not hard to tell when Bronx, too, is moping. "It's been good to have him on patrol."

Good to have him as evidence that the rest of the clan was taken, as well.

The sky had continued to grow lighter as they'd spoken, to the point where if they had still been on Earth, they would have had to be prepared for their conversation to cut off very shortly. Goliath looked towards the false east, thinking of missions before this, and that last morning they'd had on their own world.

"I've seen suns since waking up here," he commented. "Many suns, on many planets. But still I have not seen one rise."