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features. Finally, he was satisfied. “I cannot believe you did it so quickly.”
    “The time-consuming process is the organ matching and biological reset. The rest of it is simply cosmetic.” She sipped at her tea.
    Jerigar smiled and staggered. His colour changed, and he started to seize.
    “Help me get him to the med alcove.”
    She wrapped him in mist and restrained him while he thrashed. Olwick carried him.
    “That mist is handy.”
    She moved to get the scanner over his body and snorted. “It is at that.”
    The problem was swiftly identified as a food allergy. She dialled up an injection and administered it to her patient.
    “What is wrong with him?”
    “His body doesn’t want to take in the rations. His Kremall organs are taking over his digestion. In a few weeks, he would have stabilized on his own and he would have been stuck there. Food from off world is toxic to him.”
    Olwick winced. “What will you do?”
    “Keep him sedated and get him changed over as soon as I can. Do you mind going second?”
    “No. May I watch?”
    “As long as you help me keep him stable.”
    “What do we have to do?”
    She made a face. “First thing I have to do is pump his stomach. After that, I will flush his system and keep him out until we reach the station.”
    “Right. I will keep an eye on the navigation systems.” Olwick looked a little squeamish.
    Illuma went about the necessities of keeping the Azon alive. It was gross, messy and lifesaving. He seized twice before she got him stable.
    While she was working on him, she took skin, hair and clothing samples for analysis. If there was anything on Kremall that would cause this reaction, she wanted to know if he had brought it home.
     
    Healers from Citadel Lowel were waiting for Jerigar as he finished his adjustment back to normal. He was going to need therapy and proper healing now that everything was back where it should be.
    Illuma confessed to a sense of relief when he was out of her care and on his way to Lowel with the healers and the samples. He was out of her hair, and she was delighted.
    When the hatch was sealed and the Citadel zip dismissed, she returned to Olwick.
    “So, are you ready to get everything back where it should be?”
    He nodded. “Please. I am not sure where my kidneys are and the fact concerns me.”
    She stared at him for a moment before she started to laugh.
     

Chapter Six
     
     
    Illuma was still snickering hours later when the reversal procedure had been completed. Kidneys.
    Olwick was sleeping, his features relaxed and elegant. She stroked his cheek, and he turned his head toward her hand. Her heart tripped a little at the gesture. Specialists, agents and officers put their lives in her hands every week, but feeling the trust coming from his unconscious body was enough to bring her to tears.
    She stroked his cheek again and straightened, pulling her hand away. She would miss him when he was off doing whatever it was that the Citadel wanted him to do next.
    Olwick would be out for another few hours while the biological restart was going on. Illuma supposed that she should be filing her field report.
    She turned and headed for her terminal. She could watch over him while she worked. It made her feel less alone for the moment, which was odd; she didn’t remember feeling alone before.
     
    She heard someone clear his throat, and she jumped. “Specialist Luring, you surprised me.”
    He was standing in front of her in a lightly armoured body suit covered by the flare of his robes.
    “It was not my intent to startle you, Specialist Ambrehar.” He matched her formality for formality.
    She blinked. “Are you ready to return to the Citadel?”
    “Not quite yet. I am being dispatched again on another mission. I am being allowed to go as myself, so I will not require your services.”
    “Oh. How are you...”
    “A shuttle is coming to pick me up. It will bring me back when I have completed the assessment.”
    She frowned. “Back?