Oh shit! I have two hands that don't know how to do anything! This is why I have an electric tooth brush. Oh, by the way, keep a look out, the Bureau is replacing limbs now.
[Martin's eyes nearly goggle out of his head. well. that. is. .... something, alright]
Pardon me for having a doctor's reaction first, but that's absolutely fascinating. [he wonders what the bloodstream does at the connection site, how it's rerouted, then realizes it's probably just like any other amputation site. dur. even something flashy, futuristic, and biomechanical wouldn't need blood to run on. his imagination ran away with him]
That must have been quite a shock to wake up to. ... Is it heavy?
[look, the Whitlys were not an overly emotional family, he's working his way up to How Do Respond To PTSD]
That's .... whew. I can see how something like that would make trauma even more stressful, absolutely. .... I'm sorry, that ... that sounds difficult as hell, to put it poorly.
There's an empathic component? ... Goodness. Is it something you might be able to medicate to downplay the effects? At least, perhaps, at work so it doesn't affect you there?
Now that I think about it, the stuff I take at night to prevent night terrors does dampen the sense a bit. But that stuff makes me sleep so I don't think it will actually help with this.
That... is more than concerning. So far, it always seems to me that people who aren’t Different don’t seem to notice much of our oddness. Do you think your doctor will notice or will they have been zapped into thinking you had it the whole time??
I mean, definitely not here but there was crazy magic where my other self was from. Who knows?
Ugh, I don't even know! I haven't figured it out yet.
I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can take it off. Or part of it off and then play it like I've decided I don't want a prosthetic. At least to my therapist and psychiatrist.
Man, I don't envy your that decision. Good luck figuring something out. I don't have any suggestions myself, but if I think of something I'll let you know.
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Most of it is metal and cybernetics but the part where it connects to my actual body is weird and kinda biomechanical.
I really am a cyborg now.
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Pardon me for having a doctor's reaction first, but that's absolutely fascinating. [he wonders what the bloodstream does at the connection site, how it's rerouted, then realizes it's probably just like any other amputation site. dur. even something flashy, futuristic, and biomechanical wouldn't need blood to run on. his imagination ran away with him]
That must have been quite a shock to wake up to. ... Is it heavy?
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You know, totally normal reaction.
So yup, very fascinating.
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Telekinetically?
[sorry, Anakin, someone doesn't know that magic becomes A Thing for some people]
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Ya. I can move things with my mind. Among other things.
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That's .... whew. I can see how something like that would make trauma even more stressful, absolutely. .... I'm sorry, that ... that sounds difficult as hell, to put it poorly.
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Normally the moving things with my mind isn't that bad. It's know what everyone around me is feeling that is obnoxious as hell.
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Still... are you cool with them doing that? Do you know it was them and not, like, someone or something else?
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Do I know it was them and not someone else? Don't know who else could graft a cyborgnetic arm onto my body in my sleep.
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I mean... it could have been a pretty special Different. But I guess I don’t know anyone that claims to have been techno Dr. Frankensteins either.
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And no one as this kind of technology.
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I mean, definitely not here but there was crazy magic where my other self was from. Who knows?
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This is impossible with current world technology.
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Wow, okay, I get what you mean.
How are you ever going back to the doctor ever again? Like, seriously, what the hell???
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I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can take it off. Or part of it off and then play it like I've decided I don't want a prosthetic. At least to my therapist and psychiatrist.
It's a fucking mess.
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You don't have to worry about it, you know? It's not like it's your body.
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No, you’re right. It’s not.
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