Huh?

Ben, why are you looking at so wierd?

I broke my neck again.

Ah Ben, geez. Alex walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a new SR-91 spinal system from Championship Robotics. Turn around. Ben, out his back to Alex. Alex slowly unfastened the bolt clips along Ben's back, carefully removed the old spine, then bolted in the new one.

We're almost out, I'll stop by Wallet World and pick up a few more. But you need to be more careful.

******

There council is just maniquin robots, being controlled by the director. The people feel there is a system, but they are actually under the control of a single leader.

Alexi Slovanovic will change all of that.