“Look, it’s the only way to heat anything up while we’re stuck here,” Nex said.

“It is a microwave that has been used for who knows how long reheating who knows what in a convenience store,” Xak replied. “No.”

“I’m sure they cleaned it. They’d have to if a Denebian used it. Come on.”

“You use it then,” Xak snapped. “You heat your food up in that plague microwave and watch your body’s chemical bonds dissolve in the throes of Dinobulan flesh-eating bacteria, while I’m happily starving to death.”

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