THE NEXT DAY, PRUSSIS managed to sneak away from her lab work to check the head, now reaching the end of its warming cycle. The temperature gauge read 32 degrees. So far, so good. But then, all the others had been repaired and warmed up as they were supposed to be too, only to end up as hamburger ingredient.
Sighing, Prussis set the machine to a half degree increase per hour, to stop at 36 degrees. She also started up the brain communication unit. Might as well go through with it.
Later, after work, she went upstairs to the warmed up head awaiting her. She took sandwiches, expecting a long evening ahead. Settling down next to the container, she powered up her interface to pass the time. Science: 99% boring tasks, 1% ... well, disappointment mostly, she thought.
Three hours later, the ci
