Sky Raider poison

“What’s this?” Cole asked, accepting it.

“A poison capsule,” the captain said. “Have they discussed falling?”

“No.”

He jerked a thumb at the sky. “We don’t know if you’d ever land. Could be you’d fall until you starved. As a courtesy, we provide the capsule.”

Cole examined the container more closely.

“Top unscrews from the bottom,” Jace explained. “It’s airtight. The poison reeks, which wrecks any chance to use it as a weapon. They trust slaves here more than most places, but not enough to arm us for an assassination.”

“Put it on,” the captain said. “We all wear one.”

Chapter 8