Noah called out to the vids that kept an ever-present eye on him. “I was locked inside a suit! What in the nine hells do you think could have infected me?”
It did little good. No one answered him. Not one med-tech came to see him. If he had a union rep, he would be screaming bloody murder to the man. The problem was there was no miners’ union on this station.
He slumped into the hospital bed and sucked on a tube of provided protein supplement. At least he didn’t have to foot the bill until they let him out of this mess.
He rolled onto his side. After a full shift, he normally found sleep waiting for him, but now, the excitement of the day and the quarantine kept him lying awake. He dimmed the lights, better to rest and try to sleep. He knew those who watched him didn’t need the light to
