"Doctors, stand ready! Make your incisions!"I was panting as the two other masked and gowned citizens went to work. Wilma had settled into a steady so...bing as her alteration continued. I kept bumping my head on the thick Plexiglas as the adjudicator panted and thrust behind me. The incision up and to the right of Wilma's belly button was spread. Doctor Chin manipulated the tools through the laparoscope. Nobody in the operating room made a sound as she worked."That's the first one! Millie, grab. Tom dropped me off and then went back home to do some yard work. Joey was well trusted by the owner and had the passwords to the alarm systems so that when he and Jo arrived they were able to enter the property and proceed straight to their work. I paid little attention to them as a full hour went by. I went about the house freshening things up a bit. Upon entering the large bathroom off from the master bedroom I approached the large window that overlooked the pool and beyond that a picturesque. D. created a hologram inside the front-panel glass of the monitor screen.Success! Makhtar just smiled back and started the formal Prayers. He was taking his time, savoring the moment, and I couldn't be happier. I silently recited a Prayer of Confidence during Makhtar's orations, waiting for my own turn to Pray publicly. I had chosen some of the longest passages from the Book of Bel'dar that I thought I could get away with.According to our calculations, an out-of-tune pseudo-crystal inside my. I can hear them in other classrooms too, out across the hall and in the rooms above.Uh... god it hurts... ... So tight... fuck.It's like overhearing things you shouldn't or reading someone's journal. All these whispered secrets of betrayal. Social politics of the playground. Adults that are more innocent than some of my peers. It's only when I mention things I shouldn't that there is bloodshed. Home time with bruises and once a broken bone. Parents don't care, and everyone thinks I'm spying on.