“It sounds fucking insane,” Dr. Born croaked. Her voice was low and raspy, rumbling in her throat whenever she spoke. James couldn’t look at her, even though they were all wearing isolation suits. They even wore them while they were inside Landfall base now, as though that might somehow prevent their bodies from being eaten from the inside. “But it’s the closest thing to a treatment I’ve got. Too bad it’s not practical. Not scalable. I’ve tried using the biofabricators to make only what we need, and it doesn’t work. The treatment just doesn’t work that way.” Blood dribbled down her lips when she talked, though she didn’t seem to notice. James and Major Fischer pretended they didn’t notice either.