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[badlydisarmed]

I have one question and one important announcement.

The question:

Do you pull the lever?

As for the announcement, the hospital now has a wing to treat magical maladies. Witch doctors and the like are welcome to come check it out. People with magical maladies also welcome to come get treated, I don't know how any of this shit works.

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[badlydisarmed]

If I'd had a choice I'd have given up a leg rather than an arm.

[ Maybe he wouldn't have died if he'd lost a leg. He doesn't need a leg for surgery, recovery would've been much less frustrating. ]

I need finger movement. This thing can grip, but the fingers can't be moved independently, can't do anything other than grab a cup.

[fieldtrip]

I'd so rather lose an arm than a leg, [ Toph shoots back fervently, taking a moment to be shiveringly appreciative of having both bare feet on solid ground.

But she gets why other people might feel differently. ]

Hmmm. I can probably do whatever you want mechanically, but I'm no good with the flesh and blood parts. How are we supposed to get this thing to be controlled by your brain?

[badlydisarmed]

If you can make the mechanics work I can ask one of the magitech geniuses to help with the rest. Or maybe I'll see if Aurora can make it work in exchange of points, I imagine it'll be cheaper to make the arm work than to pay for a new one.

[fieldtrip]

Whoa, really? So I don't have to worry about it at all?

[ That was her whole reluctance for this project. Toph stretches up to place the prosthetic back down on the table, then rocks back on her heels and rubs her hands together, thinking. ]

Okay. Do you want it to mimic a human hand exactly, or do you want it to be, like, better at certain things?

[badlydisarmed]

Define the word better. I'm not interested in it shooting fire, but making it better at fine motion control might make-up for the lack of sensitivity.

[ This does seem like it might get him somewhere faster than Jayce, who seems unable to stop taking on projects. ]

[fieldtrip]

[ That makes her smirk. Good thing she loves a challenge. ] Just ask for the hardest thing possible, why don't you?

But it should be possible, because I'm me. Control is kind of my specialty.

[badlydisarmed]

I'm not doubting your skill, but you're twenty years too young to have a specialty.

[ He's playing, or as close to it as he gets. It's obvious this kid is some kind of super-powered genius, but she's still too young to have a specialty.

She can have a specialty once she's lived long enough for it. ]

[fieldtrip]

For most people, sure. Not for me.

[ Toph is confident enough in this that she isn't even defensive about this, she's just smugly explaining. ]

I can map this whole building in my head from one step. I just have to figure out how to translate that into something you can use.

[badlydisarmed]

Maybe you can use your fingers to walk over the arm.

[ It's a half serious suggestion. If it's about vibration, that should be informative. ]

[fieldtrip]

That just tells me what it currently does, not what you want it to do. Don't be dense.

What is it you want to do with it?