Most of his colleagues took an old-fashioned view of technology, thought their blade skills were irreplaceable. Arrogance masked fear of the new, and Conroy had found himself ostracized when he partnered with the first licensed MI surgeon. Organic reprinting had transformed surgery into a task befitting a car mechanic: find the broken part and replace it. So when Cortex approached him to field test their new machines he’d agreed without hesitation.