A New World - Prologue
"Wipe" Dr. Ramoray said to his nurse as he tried to concentrate on his patient. Sami Brady had gone through a glass door and he had to be sure that there was no damage to her spine. But it was difficult to pick out all the glass embedded deep in her neck. Finally he was done and satisfied the she would not sustain any paralysis, due to her injury. Her voice was another matter. The fall had severely damaged her vocal chords and he feared that she might never speak again. He prepared to stitch up her neck when he saw something shiny glinting within it. "Are you ready to close doctor?" The nurse asked. "Just one minute" he said. He used his forceps to remove an object no bigger than his fingertip from the back of her neck and held it up to the light to examine it. It was not glass as he had first thought it might be, but a small, square piece of metal "Now what the hell is this?" he said aloud trying to determine it's identity. "Doctor?" the nurse asked. He put the piece down on the tray, determined to examine it more closely when he was done stitching his patient up. "All right" he said, "Let's close her up."