"You'll have the help that you need. And there's a place here in the Nexus that you can stay for awhile, if you don't mind gigantic German castles." Charlie's face shows nothing of the multiple conversations and arrangements that are going on inside his head.

But then it brightens as a faint whisper comes from Kigan.

"Cure?"

The starborn isn't certain what the word means, but he's sure it's important.