Timeline:TC1853.12.04 — TC1853.12.07
Location:Seven Peaks — Medical Wing, Recovery Ward, Gardens
The medical report sat on Mira's desk like a death sentence.
She'd gone through it three times — once as a healer, once as a surgeon, and once as a human being who understood what she was about to tell a man about his own body. The third reading was the hardest.
"His meridians are completely blocked," she said, not looking up from the file. Lin Yue stood beside her, arms folded, expression carefully neutral. "Not damaged. Blocked. Every piece of Federation hardware in his body creates an interference field that prevents spiritual energy from flowing. It's not a side effect — it's structural. Inert technology caging living channels."
Raven stood by the window, morning light catching the faint azure tracery along her wrists — circuits that pulsed so naturally most people forgot they were there. "What are we looking at for removal?"
