"Yeah, he had to leave halfway through, I don't blame him though, time went cockeyed." She shook her head, "And none of the captains minded, they figured we wouldn't make the whole trip with a full crew, let alone two of them."
She smiled, nudging one of Toto's claws, "They all eat the stuff we leave behind, electric or kinetic or emotional impulses, they leech off the extra."