"Now, hold still. I've given you some laudanum to make you sleep. This shouldn't take long."
Edmund leaned back on the table, the drug already taking effect on his system. "... 'kay..." In a short time, he'd soon have another arm. Thusforth, he blanked out into the drug-induced sleep.
In reality, it took about an hour. The arm itself was difficult to make, and then there was the connecting it to the body in order to make it fully functional. A skeleton arm was definitely a weird one, but the soon-to-be-ringmaster thought it was going to enhance his appearance.
When he opened his eyes, he felt an odd tingling sensation on his right side.
"Flex your fingers," came the command.
And with a twitch, he found that they moved.
