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Core Beliefs – Chapter 41 - Soon Ling had forgotten that the data feed from the neuroimager was still being sent to the control room in the Silo. Suchet had studied it carefully and asked Doug to record everything. All other projects were on hold while they investigated as many aspects as they could. Suchet continued to watch while Ellie reviewed the recorded data. A wild thought had entered her head—to write a program that would analyze the information. Suchet and Doug we

Core Beliefs – Chapter 40 - Coming Back Flash! That was what it was: a flash. No comprehension, no understanding, just a flash and then another. There was no sense of time, no sense of touch, smell, hearing, taste, or sight. No sense of being, just a flash. A new flash, a different flash, then it was gone. Matt had no awareness of his circumstances or that his body was being invaded cell by cell. Ling had injected the nanobots into over two hundred locations, totaling ove

Core Beliefs – Chapter 39 - Desperate Measures On Sunday, October 19, Ling and her medical staff moved Matt into the surgery suite. They had removed the Imager from Matt’s head. The scars and scabs from injuries caused by the accident did not make for a photogenic moment. A technician finished the calibration check of the new laser-guided surgical robot. It would identify the precise position for the micro-needles. The needles also served as drills to penetrate the skull.

Core Beliefs – Chapter 38 - Despair and Care. Five minutes later, Matt lay quietly in his room. Life support and all attached equipment were still in place. “We are now sterile,” Ling’s first order, “scrubs, masks, and you wash twice before entering, no one with colds or allergies, is that understood!” Ling, already in her scrubs, began treating Matt. She and the lab techs reduced his body temperature, placing him in a near-coma state. *** In the first twenty hours, they

Core Beliefs – Chapter 37 - The Set Up Chris and Charley reached the Myoplex facility and were greeted at the door by the entire management team. “You are our greatest hope to give Matthew Lehman his life back,” Chris stated. “It will require all of us to do extraordinary things, but we’ve done that before, and we will do it again!” His last words hit those in attendance with such force that people were ready to run through walls, Charley included. The group's response an

Core Beliefs – Chapter 36 - Change of Venue Half an hour after entering the hospital administrator’s office, they emerged. Chris watched the three tread toward him. Joe’s expression and mannerisms showed he fumed in silent rage. Ling stomped down the hall, livid. On the other hand, Marcus appeared quiet and withdrawn. When they gathered, Joe angrily recounted the proceedings, how, instead of working towards a compromise, the Administrator threatened to ban Ling from the pr

Core Beliefs – Chapter 35 - Broken Man The hospital’s doctor reached the nurses’ station at ten after the hour. Marcus asked Ling to let him make the introduction. Ling nervously stood beside Marcus, fuming on the inside as the doctor gave her nasty side glances as he talked with Marcus. Every aspect of the doctors behavior was condescending. Marcus presented Ling and referenced her position and her prior work with the patient. He emphasized that she had flown in from Hous

Core Beliefs – Chapter 34 - Ling Frazzled. A little before 10:00 p.m., Marcus stepped toward the critical care unit of St. Lemmons Hospital. After being dismissed by the staff three times, he called Joe. “The hospital refuses to give me any information, Joe. I’m not family.” Frustration saturated every word. “Give me the name of whoever is giving you crap, and I’ll fax an authorization document.” Joe could not remember ever being so pissed. It took another two hours of b

Core Beliefs – Chapter 33 - Crushed Thick layers of ice coated the windows of Matt’s Buick. It took thirty minutes of defrosting and scraping before he pulled out of the empty parking lot. The weather had deteriorated, adding new layers of ice to the roads. Matt listened to the radio for traffic reports, hearing of new wrecks and power outages throughout the city. Traffic stalled in places. Matt decided to try the freeway. There were no reports of wrecks on the stretch he

Core Beliefs – Chapter 32 - Last Day as Matt. On October 3 rd , despite the ice on the sidewalks, Matt went for an exercise walk. He kept to the grass where possible to avoid slick sidewalks and streets as fine sleet fell. It wasn’t a great workout, but Matt had made the effort. Once home, he opened emails, groaned at the spam, and thought that if someone could truly figure out how to block it, they could make a fortune. A message from Lucy asked if Matt wanted to cancel t