New Fiction: The Hidden Rider
By Tamara Wilhite
“This tissue graft sounds like everything the implants are but more,” I said.
“That’s exactly right. It will live off excess blood sugar or fat, whatever fuel source is readily available.” The doctor was nothing but professional.
“The implants can do that and run off batteries.”
“The graft is actually more advanced, since it will never need to have the batteries changed, and it can change itself.”
“Bio-rejection is a risk”
“Yes, true, but the Marcon Biologics C model caused thousands to get sick when the biologically derived plastics inside of it caused bio-rejection when they started to break down,” the doctor countered.
“That’s poor material selection. And the implant itself in this case is biological. It could be considered a parasite,” I told the doctor.
