Erik reached for the items on the bedside table with a grimace.
Even that slight movement sent spasms of pain through his body.
June had placed the brain crystals and vials of blood there, cleaned and prepared to be absorbed.
Erik took a deep, steady breath through his teeth. With shaking hands, he picked up the first brain crystal—the Skraylash's.
Without pausing to think further, Erik tossed it into his mouth and swallowed hard.
[SKRAYLASH'S BRAIN CRYSTAL ACQUIRED. STARTING THE ANALYSIS.]
[ANALYSIS COMPLETE.]
[100 DNA POINTS ARE REQUIRED TO EXTRACT THE POWER. 500 TO GET IT WITHOUT INCURRING PAIN AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.]
[6659 DNA POINTS DETECTED. EXTRACTION IS NOT ADVISED; THE HOST HAS INCOMPATIBLE DNA.]
[EXTRACTION ABORTED]
The taste was beyond awful. His throat convulsed, trying to reject the vile thing, but he forced it down.
Grabbing the Hevadrin's brain crystal, he gagged it down as well.
