An anonymous tip sends Errant to inspect working conditions at a power station on an isolated planet. He hopes his findings will help prevent another devastating accident, and he does begin to unpack a history of corporate carelessness and human cost—but the planet's volatile alien life is stranger and more dangerous than he or anyone else has suspected...

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 27 May 2022.
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