The procedure had dragged on for hours—not due to complexity, but because the medical team insisted on meticulousness.
Each shard of rock was extracted with the precision of a jeweler, the nurses and doctors moving with a care that bordered on obsession.
Once the final fragment was removed and the wounds cleansed, they stepped back, revealing legs already beginning to mend, courtesy of the catalytic gel accelerating cellular regeneration.
Dr. Yuen approached, her expression as unreadable as ever.
"Operation successful," she said in her characteristic clipped English. "No rock left. But you stay overnight. We watch your body patterns. Make sure you not turn into plant or something."
A couple of nurses chuckled, their laughter a touch too eager.
