431 Years of Death: The Origin
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With proper bed rest, medicines and a little patience my wounds, swelling and scars healed up and I began looking like a normal blue human. Doctors and KEAH visited me once a day and ZA-vi would not bear my side. Soon the day for hair transplant approached. All the doctors came so did KEAH. As the clock struck 10 am, KEAH administered local anesthesia on my scalp.
KEAH: “This will make your scalp numb.”
Then she introduced a small bottle of liquid on the drip bottle saying, “This will sedate you a little.”
A1: “Madam! We have black, Auburn and blonde hair. Which of these would you choose for yourself?”
I was able to speak, though with a little difficulty-
“Auburn!” I said.
A1:“Auburn, done!”He was handed over the follicle tray which he opened. The surgical knives were ready; I could hear metallic sounds of clink-clank of scalpels, trays and knives as I was lying on my stomach.
I began losing my consciousness. They started to peel off my skin and sutured after placing follicle grafts as I dropped unconscious.
When I regained my consciousness, I saw KEAH & ZA-vi before me; the most expected two as I come to senses ever.
She showed me the screen which would reflect my image. Ok, I had 2-3 inch long hair. It was not quite pretty but I looked acceptable now. I had very sparse eyebrows too. I thought this must be the trendy fashion of this era and I lay on my back again saying, “Great.”
I: “Is this all hair I am going to have? Short hair?”
KEAH: “No miss this are grafted follicles, they grow with time. Some of them may even fall out, but the hair follicles will grow into the newer, stronger hair very soon which will last.”
By now Shelly had arrived, along with, Von and A1 and he said-
SHELLY: “Like every transplant the body’s immune system rejects foreign bodies, hair too and hair is the weakest of all the organs transplanted so hair strands also fall out. But given the dosage of immunosuppressants that we are giving to you, the body will reject hair strands as little as possible.”
It happened as the doctors and KEAH had projected. The skin of the face & neck healed up giving way to a smooth bluish complexioned skin. In next 5 days, I got up from the bed rest and began eating with the mouth and started functioning like a normal being. I now had enough strength and willpower to make it out of my room and wander the whole enormous ship I was living in till now. The most important and favorite part was that I had no longer need the help of my android who had completely forgotten our secret deal. Now they had just to give me a positive result and retinal scan approval and I would soon be frequenting all the floors of the ship, room by room.
It was 8:00 am today. I got up too early as I was scheduled for some tests. Doctor Von and KEAH came in; ZA-vi was sitting by my side.
Chapter 11: Disclosure by VON & his revelations on the Contamination