From the start of this arrangement that Gabriel had facilitated, Jack had gotten the sense that it wasn't going to be as clean or straight-forward as it should. Not that brain surgery is something to be waved off in the first place, but for the two of them? Well, it's entirely possible they've already been through worse.
Getting gassed while in the car, then waking up in a haze to some strange video recording -- Jack won't say he expected it, but he'd also figured there would be a catch. This isn't his first time surrendering his body for the sake of some greater purpose, but it is getting a little old.
When he wakes up and realizes that it's mid-procedure, Jack's body twitches with the urge to get up off of the table, but he realizes he can't do that. Even with his enhancements, it's a bad idea. He's still heavily sedated on top of it all, and while he can't feel much, he's pretty sure that his head is currently cracked open.
This isn't accidental, he can be almost sure of that. So what is the play here? Dr. Grey is talking to Cassius somehow, that's something that Jack's exposed brain immediately latches onto.
"I hear you," he says, speaking instead of nodding as some small act of rebellion. "What, need to make sure I'm firing on all cylinders before you cut into my brain some more?" Patients being awake during surgery isn't that uncommon, so Jack isn't panicking, at least not yet.
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Getting gassed while in the car, then waking up in a haze to some strange video recording -- Jack won't say he expected it, but he'd also figured there would be a catch. This isn't his first time surrendering his body for the sake of some greater purpose, but it is getting a little old.
When he wakes up and realizes that it's mid-procedure, Jack's body twitches with the urge to get up off of the table, but he realizes he can't do that. Even with his enhancements, it's a bad idea. He's still heavily sedated on top of it all, and while he can't feel much, he's pretty sure that his head is currently cracked open.
This isn't accidental, he can be almost sure of that. So what is the play here? Dr. Grey is talking to Cassius somehow, that's something that Jack's exposed brain immediately latches onto.
"I hear you," he says, speaking instead of nodding as some small act of rebellion. "What, need to make sure I'm firing on all cylinders before you cut into my brain some more?" Patients being awake during surgery isn't that uncommon, so Jack isn't panicking, at least not yet.