"If she's still not forthcoming it won't be a threat, I don't want to let her loose on the ship with a condition like that," Beverly answered. "Well. Let's give it a try."

She glanced back over at Trance, stepping back to the biobed on which she lay.

"Your scans are giving us some very strange information," she began. "You're not showing any vitals, but a core temperature of five thousand kelvin. Do you have any conditions that would explain those readings?"