James S.A. Corey, The Butcher of Anderson Station

"Fred’s vacuum-rated armor protected him from the smell of viscera, but it reported it to him as a slight increase in atmospheric methane levels. The stench of death reduced to a data point."

James S.A. Corey, The Butcher of Anderson Station

"Every now and then a green dot shifted to yellow. A soldier down, their armored suits detecting the injuries or death that rendered them combat ineffective. Combat ineffective. Such a nice euphemism for one of his kids bleeding out."

James S.A. Corey, The Butcher of Anderson Station