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The two doctors reentered and conversed with Jamen. She lay waiting patiently, trying hard not to stiffen into a board. The lights above her head dazzled and she closed her eyes.
“They’ll start with the external scanners,” Jamen said from somewhere nearby. He combed her hair through with his fingers and her scalp tingled. “Painless, as I said.”
She heard the whirring but decided to keep her eyes shut. Something moved above her and it seemed to be tracking a path from her head down to her toes. It took its time.
“Breathe normally,” Jamen advised.
The doctors talked among themselves in soft tones.
A calmness descended over Paige. Yes, she was stark naked, but this was okay, she decided. Just two medics and Jamen, hardly a peep show.
“Hold your breath for a second. Good, well done.” Jamen relayed the request. “So far you’re free of contagions. Your organs are functioning normally.”
The whirring stopped. She opened her eyes—that was it?
“Remember what I told you about the implant for language development?” Jamen tapped her temple with his finger.
She did. They’d discussed it on the flight to Halos. She understood what it was that would help her learn Vendu quicker: a small device that connected to the language center in her brain and accelerated the creation of new neural connections. The implant would lie under the skin of her temple—a tiny flat disk the size of her little fingernail.
“And it won’t hurt?”
“No,” he said before speaking to the nearest doctor.
The man numbed her right temple and she heard something like a hypo-syringe hissing.
That was it? She’d fretted about it when he first told her, especially the idea of something inside her, talking independently to her brain. But, of course, it wasn’t like that. She listened to the doctor talk to Jamen, but none of it made sense. It didn’t work that quickly, she surmised. She shrugged off her disappointment.
“Now,” Jamen said, his shadow leaning over her. “Open your mouth wide.”
She obeyed, pretending she was at the dentist. One medic peered inside and inserted something similar to a pen. He held it away from her teeth and tongue until it beeped. He withdrew it and said something to the other.
“What was that?”
“Your oral cavity is clean. Teeth in good order. And, well…” Jamen cleared his throat.
“What?” She stared up at him. He actually looked slightly embarrassed.
“As my hanjin, a record is taken of your physical attributes. Your capabilities. Your oral capacity is good,” he said in a low, almost husky voice.
“Meaning?”
He paused before answering. “We already know it’s good,” he said simply.
“Oh,” she said slowly. “I suppose it is.” She winked.
“Now, they need to complete the internal exam,” he returned to a businesslike tone. “Bend your knees, hold them to your chest.”
“What!” She sat up, nearly knocking her head on the overhead gantry of machinery.
He pressed her back down. “Do you want me to remind you that you agreed to this?”
“But… but…” she stuttered. The anxious puddle in her tummy grew stormier. She wasn’t sure she could obey him.
Jamen lifted her legs and took her ankles over her head. Her bottom moved upward and lifted off the table. With her knees by her nose, he spread her legs wide and she opened up like a book, her sex and asshole fully exposed.
Above, the machines whirred and a spiral of light projected itself onto her privates and rotated. A warmth penetrated first her pussy, then around her anus. The light seemed to project itself right inside her.
The taller medic spoke to Jamen, his metallic voice robotic and detached.
