“Instead of the underwater blur to which I’d grown accustomed, my vision was clear. Nictitating membranes had finally become complete. But the difference was negligible. There still wasn’t much to see: cratered moonscape, bathed in Earth-light; a kaleidoscope of other hybridization pods, each containing its own human larva, metamorphosing just as I was. I brought my left hand in front of my face. Five stubby fingers grew from the stump. They wriggled at me, of their own volition. But soon both f...eeling and motor control would return. It would be good to have my hand back. With my right hand, I scratched my head. The wires in my scalp no longer itched, but there was still the deeper one. That itch was as bad as ever. Yet I marveled at the grim efficiency of hypnotraining. Already I knew the twenty-three ways to kill a man using only bare hands and feet. I also knew how to dispatch a score of other creatures not quite men anymore. I was proficient with both light and heavy photonuclear weapons.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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