Abaddon took his arm as he stood, and walked with him away from the mess hall. She smiled a grim smile, and said, "Right. And then we will, of course, be obliged to do as they instruct for letting us be awakened again to live life for another few days or weeks, just to be put in the freezer again afterwords." She sighed, wrapping her fingers more tightly around Azra's arm. "You know, it neat and all to see how the human species has progressed over the centuries, but it is really damned boring. I kinda want to live my life with them again, like we did in the old days..."

The reached the lifts that would take them to the red level. She gestured with her head. "Shall we?"