"He looks so vulnerable." Gloriana commented as she observed the macabre-looking operation from the observation room. "I understand now why he fears this operation so much. He's completely defenseless if anything goes wrong."
Ves had always been a proactive person to her. He liked to take action because he was often forced into situations where he needed to react.
For him to place himself at the mercy of others seemed uncharacteristic.
He was placing a lot of faith in his precautions and subordinates. Though his preparations seemed excessive, there was still a chance that something might go wrong.
"I won't let anything happen." Gloriana whispered to herself. "Ves needs to make it through!"
For the operation, it was better if the patient was as inactive and dormant as possible. This was because the bioimplant had to root inside the brain tissue and form active new connections.
EDITED:
The character that died this chapter had to be removed to reduce my legal liability.
I have previously stated that character submissions should not be based on existing intellectual property, copyright, trademark or real people.
I tried to filter out submissions during the event, but evidently I haven't been thorough enough.
This story is not fanfiction. It is an original setting based entirely one of my visions of a far future setting.
I have spoken with the contest winner who suggested this character and it is likely that the resemblence is a coincidence. It is an innocent mistake that should have been caught much sooner.
Nonetheless, contest submissions have to be more thorough than that. I will make sure to check whether future contest submissions do not contain any problematic elements.