"They may...but I don't think they do. They must...stabilize us here. I know that if one is removed, the one wearing it dies."

Enoch raised a hand to his own collar. It wasn't a way he wanted to die, even if he'd just come back. He didn't want to know what it felt like to be incompatible with the world he was standing on, breathing in...

"Someone was unfortunate enough to experience that...*