Mantis Exile: Mantis Saga 6 by Jim Henderson

Author:Jim Henderson [Henderson, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-14T06:00:00+00:00

That night, after Ximon and Elsbeth were both fully asleep, the robots gathered in the kitchen to assess things. Raiza had obviously had substantial skin and hair burnt off. Peter had one broken and one bent chest cavity strut from where several bullets had struck his bullet proof vest. Euclidia had slight damage to his left leg from a glancing blow from a bullet, and a damaged ceramic clavicle plate from a bullet striking his bullet proof vest. They all had work to do, so got on with it.

Raiza was able to replace Peter’s chest cavity struts from spares they had on hand. Peter helped Raiza shave off the patchy remnants of her hair, and then used small artificial skin repair kits to repair some small marks and most of the damage to Raiza’s face, though it left what might be equated to scarring on her left ear, temple, and cheek. He couldn’t do anything when it came to the missing skin on her arm without more supplies. He conferred with Mantis while Raiza made some repairs to Euclidia. She was able to replace the clavicle plate and addressed most of the leg strut damage but would need to 3D print some specialized pieces, so would have to finish in a day or two.

Mantis helped Peter research several shops that were available in the middle of the night that had some of what he needed. Then they summoned a car. It pulled up and Peter got in before the dozing officer watching the house could respond.

Peter had shopping to do. He was ultimately able to acquire a variety of wigs, as well as several long sleeve, flesh-colored lycra tops in Raiza’s size, and a couple of pairs of flesh-colored gloves.

The nervous officer detained him when he returned, but Raiza came out and confirmed his identity, and the officer relented and let him in.

Peter assisted Raiza in donning one of the tops and a glove on her left hand, while it was far from a perfect solution, it hid most of her wounds. Raiza chose a black wig that was parted in a way so that it covered most of the scarring on her left side.

By morning, Peter had returned to bed with an exhausted Elsbeth, and Raiza with an even more exhausted Ximon. Euclidia and Mantis, meanwhile, studied options for more permanent and complete repairs for Raiza when the option presented itself.

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