after a harrowing fight to the death with the bounty hunter Nerve
Adzuki barely escapes with her life thanks to the lightning fast reactions of her companion Vex.

the toll her body however lands Adzuki in the ICU with multiple bone fractures, soft tissue damage , organ damage and internal bleeding.
thankfully the facility they find themselves at is host to incredibly advanced medical tec and despite her dead PAK the ruby eye irken makes a miraculous recovery.

Vex isn't thrilled at how the fight went down at all , her mission was just to keep the bounty hunter busy after all but things quickly went sideways.

he had more to reprimand her on but it looks like Adzuki's just dropped a bombshell of her own on the poor boy.

it takes a little while for the news to fully register.