Chapter 4
“What the f**k is wet water?”
Blaine jumped when his forgotten passenger spoke up. “We just call it that ‘cause it sticks better and doesn’t evaporate quite as fast. It’s enhanced with some stuff to make it…well, wetter in its effects. It’s not dangerous like some of the s**t in the slurry. We don’t use borate salts anymore or some other stuff that was outright poison. Still, you don’t want it on you. I might dump slurry on a trapped crew in their emergency shelters as a last resort. It wouldn’t do them any good, except maybe prevent them incinerating. It fertilizes the burned ground, though, which is good.”
Contreras nodded. “Gotcha. This maneuver is going to be touch and go, isn’t it?”
Blaine nodded as he set the Neptune down. “Yeah, very. I’m going to have to drop you off
