News From Poughkeepsie – Day 155

Cyborg Parts

It looked like just a lump of metal to Kayla. “This is it?” she asked, poking the lump with an uncertain index finger.

“Indeed it is,” said her surgeon. “Your new cybernetic soul. Comes complete with Compassion9000 OS, the nTrospec processor, bluetooth compatibility, and an after-life time warranty.”

Kayla was unsure. But then, she hadn’t been sure of anything, recently. Not since that botched exorcism that left her indecisive and callous, needing a prosthetic soul to replace the one lost in the ether.

“Will it hurt,” she asked her surgeon.

“It will weigh heavy on your heart at first,” he said. “You’ll get used to it.”