He's Back

Nathan

The hum of the machines around me was a constant reminder of the changes I had undergone. Every breath I took, every beat of my heart, was now a symphony of biology and technology working together. The cybernetic enhancements had become a part of me, and as much as I'd resisted the idea at first, I couldn't deny that I loved my new body.

Rehab was intense, but I was progressing quickly. The cybernetics weren't just making me stronger; they were accelerating my natural healing, knitting together flesh and bone with an efficiency that bordered on the miraculous. What should have taken months was happening in weeks. The human parts of me were almost fully healed, but it was the other adjustments that took time—getting used to the enhanced vision, the way I could see further and more clearly than ever before, or the way my body moved, more precise, more controlled.