Riverside 15

[Slii Arhem]

[Westside Greenhouse]

Elaine nods, and dons the gown and heads into the room as she says, "Hey, I want to say thank you for doing all this for me. I'm finally able to not be a nobody." She then looks at the table and asks, "So...Do I just lay down here?"

Westside Greenhouse

"Lay down, stand up, sit on your head if you like. I don't need to knock you out this time, just administer a local anesthetic. The first treatment, while invasive, is not strictly painful. It's a seed injection that will help with your desires to be better than average. I'll let you know the effects once we've administered the local, patients are always more happy to hear what they're in for when they're higher than a kite." As she says this, Shayan unravels a vine with a syringe held tightly in its coils and maneuvers it around behind Elaine, aiming carefully for her spine.

"I would ask you to hold still, but then I might miss. Squirm as much as you like."