Atlas’s Violet carver examines his freshly implanted eyes with a large monocle. She pulls back and smiles down at him in worship. “The ocular nerves are tethered and your dendrites fully rewoven, dominus. But they won’t familiarize for several hours. Avoid bright lights and holoscreens. Don’t fret about the fog on your periphery. Your vision will clear by cycle’s end. It won’t be as bad as the last time.” The last time?
