After the results of Bianca's brief physical exam, David's head was fizzing with excitement at the thought his formula was finally working the way he always knew it should. Bianca's response, however, to his suggestion continue his Orpheus treatment was rather less enthused. Her main concern was getting home as quickly as possible.

He didn't give her the chance to straight out refuse him though. He wanted to know for certain exactly what was happening to her nervous system so he whisked her away for more tests.

The first stop was for an ultrasound on her leg to make sure there were no more parts of Dr Norrell's device inside her leg. It was also a chance to see how the deep wound was healing under the flap of skin now the infection had been removed. The scan came away clean and the wound looked like it was knitting together well.

David was pleased with the findings.

That meant he was fine to move her on the the next test… the one that would really tell him what was going on… a functional MIR.

…

Griffin had joined David by the time Bianca was prepared for the fMIR. Bianca was being patient and resigned… honestly she was as interested in finding out what was going on with her body as David was. Was it possible that she was really feeling her leg?

"What are you looking for?" Griffin asked when he arrived to find David preparing the scans of Bianca's brain.

"Just watch the screen and tell me what you see." said David, stepping up of the room where Bianca was waiting. He then took hold of her left foot.

"I'm sorry about this." he called to Bianca, raising his voice to be heard over the knocking of the powered up machinery, "Try not to move."

He pushed back her left foot the way he had done before.

Bianca moaned through a clenched jaw before David released her foot.

He then hurried back to the monitor to see the results of his experiment.

"So?" he asked Griffin, who was looking at the screen with wide eyes.

"There was a reaction!" Griff said. "What's happening? That was her left leg."

"Orpheus works like always knew it would." said David, rewinding the recording and watching a repeat of Bianca's brain's reaction to the pain.

"There!" he said, triumphantly pointing to a large yellow flare.

"And there." said Griffin pointing to a smaller flash of green. "This one started as soon as you touched her foot."

"She is reacting."

"She is." agreed Griffin.

David smiled at Bianca being helped from the MIR scanner by one of the nurses. She was going to his saviour. She was going to be his ticket out of obscurity and disappointment. She would give him the credible proof that he needed to show his Orpheus formula really could perform miracles; that his life work wasn't in vain!

She was going to make him the richest man alive!

"Hold up!" he called as the nurse was helping Bianca to sit up. "I want to do that again!"

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