PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
"But the Star-Code healing is a blunt instrument, Baraka. It fuses bone and muscle with raw survival instinct, not grace. Your tendons will be tight. Your joints will feel like rusted iron. You must rebuild your flexibility, or the arm will snap again under your own kinetic pressure."
"I know, Mama," Baraka said, slowly clenching and unclenching his fist. The movement was stiff, accompanied by a dull, aching resistance in his forearm, but the strength was there. The Caloric Debt was fully paid, replaced by the thrumming, vibrating readiness of Patient Zero. "Thank you. For everything."
"Save your thanks for the battlefield," the old healer grunted, though a warm, maternal smile touched her w