Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - The appropriate medicines were laid out beside... |
| The appropriate medicines were laid out beside the human girlHer
long dark hair was secured beneath a surgical cap, exposing her slender neckDeeply sedated,
she breathed slowly in and outHer sun-browned skin had barely a mark to show for her?
accident
?Begin thaw sequence now, please, Darren
The gray-haired assistant was already waiting beside the cryotank, his hand resting on the dial
He flipped the safety back and spun down on the dialThe red light atop the small gray cylinder
began to pulse, flashing faster as the seconds passed, changing color
Fords concentrated on the unconscious body; he edged the scalpel through the skin at the base
of the subject's skull with small, precise movements, and then sprayed on the medication that
stilled the excess flow of blood before he widened coco chanel graffite hobo bag the fissureFords delved delicately beneath
the neck muscles, careful not to injure them, exposing the pale bones at the top of the spinal
column
?The soul is ready, Fords,? Darren informed him
Fords felt Darren at his elbow and knew without looking that his assistant would be prepared,
his hand stretched out and waiting; they had worked together for many years nowFords held
the gap open
?Send her home,? he whispered
Darren's hand moved into view, the silver gleam of an awaking soul in his cupped palm
Fords never saw an exposed soul without being struck by the beauty of it
The soul shone in the brilliant lights of the operating room, brighter than the reflective silver
instrument in his handLike a living ribbon, she twisted and rippled, stretching, happy to be free
of the cryotankHer replica gucci g watch thin, feathery attachments, nearly a thousand of them, billowed softly like
pale silver hairThough they were all lovely, this one seemed particularly graceful to Fords Deep
Waters
He was not alone in his reactionHe heard Darren's soft sigh, heard the admiring murmurs of
the students
Gently, Darren placed the small glistening creature inside the opening Fords had made in the
human's neckThe soul slid smoothly into the offered space, weaving herself into the alien
anatomyFords admired the skill with which she possessed her new homeHer attachments
wound tightly into place around the nerve centers, some elongating and reaching deeper to
where he couldn't see, under and up into the brain, the optic nerves, the ear canalsShe was very
quick, very firm in her movementsSoon, only one small segment d |
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