The Rings of Tantalus
“As he came up to the lighter level, and before he could open his eyes, he was aware of the pain. The temptation to drift off once more and let it all go away was very great. He realised vaguely that he would not have too much difficulty slipping back into the darkness; but he determined to fight his way up to the light.The pain got stronger. He tasted his own blood where he had bitten his tongue. Finally he opened his eyes. It took him some time to focus, but he managed it. Now he knew why he f...elt so much pain. His bio-arm was broken.It looked bloody funny with a piece of the radius sticking through the skin of the smashed forearm. He couldn’t see what had happened to the ulna. In any case, he didn’t really want to know.“Thank God it wasn’t the prosthetic arm,” he said aloud. Then he began to laugh. That was a fucking stupid remark to make. If the prosthetic arm had been smashed, he wouldn’t have felt such pain.Then he realised it wasn’t such a stupid thing to say. The bio-arm could be repaired on Tantalus—if he lived.MoreLess
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