She looks pleased at this evidence of his ability, but it doesn't change the fact that she's waiting for his reaction.



To judge from her own expression as she watches him examine Fabricant's kidney with interest, Lucy Butler is anything but disappointed.

"It's very fresh."

She sounds absolutely certain, as well she should.

She'd been the one to remove it from its unfortunate host, after all.

(Without anesthetic.)

"It'll keep long enough for what we're going to do."