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ERIC NYLUNO
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tivity overhead. Interface with the Spartans' biomonitors and
patch the output to the display on bay three."
She strolled over to a table, and a bank of holographic dis-
plays hummed to life, floating serenely. Graphs and figures
scrolled across them.
"Give me a spotlight here, prepare a sterilization field, and
lower the ambient lighting by forty percent. And a little Mahler,
please. Symphony number two."
"Yes, Doctor." Music drifted from the speakers.
Dr. Halsey examined the graphs, tapped tiny human-figure
icons, and summoned MRI images of" the Spartans' internal
structures—holographic bones, organs, and muscles appeared
and slowly rotated.
She winced at the extent of their injuries.
"Fred, you have a torn Achilles tendon and three cracked ribs.
Both kidneys have moderate contusions." She glanced at the rest
of the team's data and after a moment's consideration told him,
"You're fine.
"William, you have a cracked tibia and some internal bleed-
ing. Get some biofoam into that wound and avoid strenuous mo-
tions for the next day." She turned to face Fred and Will. "You
two are in the best shape. I want you to go to Level Aqua, Section
Lambda, and retrieve a few things."
"Yes, ma'am," Fred said.
Dr. Halsey was only a civilian, but the Spartans had always ac-
cepted her authority. Perhaps because she had acted as an equal
among the Fleet Admirals and Generals who were constantly
trying to co-opt her work. Or maybe it was more than that. She
wondered if the Spartans viewed her as some sort of mother fig-
ure. As much as this notion amused her, she doubted that they
viewed anyone outside their team as family. Not even her.
William retrieved a can of biofoam from the rover and in-
serted the tip into the tiny injection port in his armor—pushed it
through the skin between his fourth and fifth ribs. He filled his
abdominal cavity with the space-filling coagulant/antibacterial/
tissue-regenerative polymer.
"Cold?" she asked.
"Nothing worth noting, ma'am."
She nodded, not making much over William's courage. She'd