"Boiling it's probably the safer bet." Ripley agrees. "That earthquake really messed things up around here."
She got to her feet and followed him back towards the showers. "Straight from another clusterfuck of epic proportions." She said with a snort. "But more seriously ... I'm frome the late 22nd century. I am ... or, well, was ... a Warrant Officer and co-pilot for spaceships." Her mouth quirked. "Didn't end all that well, which is how I came to be a dab hand at making something out of nothing."