"Shh," Hilary replied, and picked up a scapel. It hadn't been so very long since she'd touched one, and she'd always been the best in her class - at brains, and everything else she touched.
"Hilary," Julian repeated. "Shouldn't we take her to the hospital?"
Beneath his touch, his daughter pinned to the table, lax and placid under the effects of stolen anaesthetic twitched just a little, her eye bare and exposed to the uncaring world.
Hilary looked at him, just a little impatiently. "Oh do be quiet Julian. I've been trained in this remember?"
She leaned forward, ready to make the first incision. "Besides," she said, "if this goes wrong - we have so many more."
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"Shh," Hilary replied, and picked up a scapel. It hadn't been so very long since she'd touched one, and she'd always been the best in her class - at brains, and everything else she touched.
"Hilary," Julian repeated. "Shouldn't we take her to the hospital?"
Beneath his touch, his daughter pinned to the table, lax and placid under the effects of stolen anaesthetic twitched just a little, her eye bare and exposed to the uncaring world.
Hilary looked at him, just a little impatiently. "Oh do be quiet Julian. I've been trained in this remember?"
She leaned forward, ready to make the first incision. "Besides," she said, "if this goes wrong - we have so many more."