Chapter 42

I paused. After all, I’d never really given it much thought. I was dead, then I wasn’t, and I knew that I had the radiation to thank for it all. Guess I took it for granted. “I suppose, in a way, we do. I mean, one of the reasons we’re so slow, apart from death’s stronghold on us, is because I need to think of an action and the radiation needs to make that action take place, to power it. It’s like adding an extra step to everything. Why, do you think I can also direct the radiation to make the door unlock? Seems unlikely.”

“Seems impossible,” said Dara.

Ricky nodded. “It is impossible. The radiation only works inside of us: our own personal nuclear reactors. But . . .”

I took up where he left off. “But if you can control a nuclear power plant, you then control quite a bit of power.”