Heaven Saga 2: Sands of Aquarius, page 24
Brian sat in the side room of the sickbay while Celi checked her scanners. His right arm had a replacement that looked exactly like his original arm. He flexed the fingers on the cybernetic hand.
“It’ll take a few months to integrate the replacement arm and eye with your nervous system,” Celi explained. “How does it feel?”
He opened his right eye and looked around the room. “The arm feels like my old arm. It’s a bit sluggish on the reaction time, but this eye is something different.”
“I integrated a few systems from your exoskeleton into the artificial eye. If they don’t take well with you I can always trade it for a standard replacement eye.”
He blinked number times. “I think I can get used to this. I just need to learn to turn it to standard sight mode.”
“Are you sure about this?” Celi asked. She pointed at the scar above and below his right eye socket. “I can fix this if you want me to.”
He brushed the scar. “No Celi, this is a reminder of how close to dying I was. For the last year I’ve been looking for a place to die. It’s time I start looking at the reasons I have to live.”
“Are the scars of Delne fading?”
“A little bit,” he answered. “That’s the reason I need this,” he pointed to his eye, “I need a reminder I can see in the mirror every day to keep me going.”
Celi took his hand tenderly. “I’m glad.”
Marcus Johnson, Heaven Saga 2: Sands of Aquarius
