Chapter 43
I fell on the floor hard. I managed to keep my scream of agony mostly contained, but a slight whimper came through.
The pain, the pain was manageable. I didn’t dare touch my face. I didn’t really want to know. I was shaking, tears in my eyes. Strangely, the right side of my face felt funny. Instead of the tear’s usual path at the side of my eye, an arc over my cheek and into the side of my mouth, this one fell straight down. My tear dropped on the floor, never reaching my lips. I hadn’t felt it brush my skin.
The orange robotic arm had taken it’s usual slanted relaxed pose over its base. Me, in shock, turned around to the computer monitor. There were a few minutes left still. I realised that I needed to lean my head to the right to see the monitor. I decided not to dwell on t
