Puppets and Poison

Puppets and Poison is the fifth story in the first Orphans book, Earth Colony. It was originally published online as Orphans of Mars # 3. In it, it is revealed that Jarissy has been performing unsanctioned solo missions, goaded on by Ress. As the result of one of these excursions, Jarissy is poisoned and in desperate need of an antidote. Nerrine takes Lask and Ress with her deep into raptor territory to find the antidote.

Nerrine makes it clear to Ress that she knows about her little mind games, and that she will tolerate them only if Ress does not endanger the colony.