Chapter 84

“Why don’t you tell me what you do for money,” I said, also curious and hoping a change in subject would help him open up. “There must be so many different ways now.”

“I don’t do a lot of work. Don’t have to. I inherited a nest egg from an elderly uncle I used to go see. Before we could all get these cell shots that keep us so much younger. It was too late for him, and it didn’t work so well on the older generations anyway. I invested a lot of what he left me in the cell shots, felt it was only right to see it made cheaper for everyone to have, but we’re not all the way there yet.”

“Oh, not everyone stays young for ages then?”

“No.” Eric shook his head. “It’s not cheap. And it only works so well, you know. There’s still a few things it can’t work against. The humans who work in the mines still slowly deteriorate. Although it can slow even that. I’m working on making it cheaper, and more effective, but... Not everyone agrees it should even exist.”

“Well, I’m grateful it does,” I replied