The body twitched once. Then stopped. Doc—9552, to those who mattered—tilted his head slightly, observing the severed implant still flickering beneath the ruined chest. The graft had rejected the host. Again. Nerve burnout. Involuntary seizure. Catastrophic failure. He made a note on the cracked datapad beside him. No anger. No disappointment. Just data. The subject’s eyes were still open—milky, unfocused. Doc reached forward and closed them with a gloved hand, not out of respect, but habit. Flesh never understood the upgrade. It always clung to pain, to memory, to fear. But metal… metal simply adapted. He stood, steam hissing from the sterilizer behind him. Another failed bridge between what was and what must be. He would try again. He always did. He raised a metallic brow as a noise sounded from behind the door, awaiting for someone to enter.
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