"Hey, how'd you lose another part? By the way, can you grow that back?" Anna leaned in and blew at the bloody hole where Charles's ear had been.
Charles turned his head slightly, putting some distance between them, and said with a serious expression, "Go back and immediately contact the Provisional Governor of Ancha Island. Tell him to seal off the exit and thoroughly check anyone coming up from the Earth's surface. If Margaret wants to go back, she has to use that passage. She can't escape!"
Anna looked completely unconcerned. "You still have time to worry about that? Your crew suffered heavy casualties. Shouldn't you go check on them?"
"I'm not a doctor. Linda will take care of it. Be serious, I'm not joking. Margaret is the most important issue right now, and you'll get the message out fastest from here."
