"I suppose I'm just more willing to apply the term more broadly." Anything else is just getting into a semantics argument, and Chiron can't say that he's in the mood for one of those. Regardless, he keeps apace with Hux, straining his own ears for anything that ay be up ahead.

Or behind, one could never discount that.

"Well, if one's in a stomach, a low survival rate would only make sense. If there's a particular composition of the asteroid that they're attracted to though, perhaps that might give some hint."