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overpower the other.” Victoria rakes her hands through her hair.
    “Can we send for one?”
    “There’s no time, you saw his fingers.” Closing her eyes, she reaches a decision, taking a deep breath as her green eyes bore into Magnes. “I’m going to need all the burionic solution you have. Adjustable pressure syringes with sapophine, turpidian, and afritic in them. I'll need braces to keep his fingers where I want them. Oh, and I’ll need protective gloves, child mediums.”
    “What are you going to do?”
    “Manual manipulation.”
    Magnes pales at the thought . “Do you know what it takes…”
    “Yes, everything I just told you . I’ve done it before.” Victoria holds up her hands. “The benefit of having small hands.”
    “He’s going to hate you for the rest of his life. ” Magnes warns.
    “That’s okay, he already does. ” Victoria, thinking about her dream, misses Magnes shocked look. This is the right choice. She has to do it. “I won’t do it here, though. He won’t appreciate anyone hearing him. Get it gathered up Magnes, I’ll go tell him.”
    “He won’t understand.”
    “Not at first, but he will.” Turning she walks back into the exam room.
     
    “What’s going on Victoria?” Lucas watches her hesitate. “The truth.” Guarded eyes meet his.
    “You need immediate rehab if you want full use of your hands and fingers . That rehab machine is useless for you.” She gives it a disgusted look. “We’ll have to do manual manipulation.”
    “Okay… ”
    “ It’s a long and painful process. Each session will take three to five hours. You’ll need a session a day, then your hands and wrists will be splinted and braced to keep them where we want them.”
    “How long? ” Lucas swallows hard.
    “It’ll depend on how well you respond to the manipulation, two weeks minimum. Magnes is gathering up the supplies.”
    “Alright, let’s get started. ” Victoria moves, loosely bandaging his hands.
    “What are you doing?”
    “We’re going to do the treatments in your quarters.”
    “Why?”
    “Because that’s where I want them done.”
    Lucas finally realizes what’s going on.
    “You’re doing the treatments.”
    “Yes . Magnes isn’t trained for it.”
    “But you are.”
    “I’ve done it before, yes.” Finishing with the bandages, she looks up to see Magnes entering carrying a bag. Checking it, she looks at him.
    “Braces?”
    Walking behind her, he opens a cabinet pulling them out.
    “ Do you want an assistant?”
    Victoria gives Lucas a serious look, the fewer people hearing him the better.
    “No. I’ll contact you if I need one.” Taking the braces, she puts them in the bag. “Ready Major?”
    “ The sooner we start, the sooner we’re done.”
     
    In Lucas’ quarters, Victoria heads straight for the bathroom. After sterilizing the sink, she fills it with hot water to warm it and pours in some of the burionic solution. Turning, she finds Lucas watching her, his eyes questioning.
    “I need to grab a chair . You are going to want to sit.”
    “What about you?”
    “I need to stand. What do you want to sleep in?”
    “What?”
    “Once the treatment is done, you’re going to want to sleep.”
    “Victoria.”
    “Trust me, you will, so bottoms?”
    “ Yeah. Victoria.” He waits until she looks at him. “I do trust you.”
    Looking at him, even injured, she sees everything she’s ever wanted, ever dreamed about but will never have . Not after this. Nodding stiffly, she turns making sure everything’s organized. Once Lucas is ready, she pulls out the syringe of sapophine, adjusts it to the dosage she wants and puts it to his arm.
    “What is it and why?”
    “Sapophine, for the pain, you need to let me know when it gets to be too much.” She raises her eyes to his. “I’m serious. We need to control the pain. When it gets to be too much, I can give you turpidian.”
    “Hey I’m tough. ” Lucas jokes, trying to break his growing tension.
    “No