Blood-Brain

Blood-brain
7 April 2022; Anchorage, AK, United States
"Ah, okay, Carole thought this might happen, gimme a sec ...." Caitlin rifles through her desk. "So, 'Chuck's new role may reinforce lingering thoughts of inadequacy' so on and so forth' to which I made a note to say 'Remind Chuck she's doing the work of eight people, if not more. The only person I've met or even know of who can possibly pull that off is Tim and—"
"I'm not Tang Min."</p>
"Shit, thank you. Exactly, you're not Tang Min. Her brain is wired for accommodation and you saw how well that ended. Don't be Tang Min; I like your brain just the way it is. She's also given herself a computer's worth of new subroutines which in itself is incredibly fascinating and ooo, the hypotheses I could prove if I could just—'"
"Go back on topic?"
"Right, thank you. Don't try to do that. Your brain can't handle it, and will probably come dripping out your ears if you do."
"Brains don't actually do that."
"Which one of us is the brain doctor?"
"Which one of us has, in our contract, 'please keep Doctor Lightcap in this reality'?"
"Not being a Lab Monkey's done no favors for your attitude," she sniffs.
"Not having a Lab Monkey's done no favors for your focus."
Stalemate.
"Fine. Next vacation, you're both coming here. Tell Pietr I'll even ship Griet over if I get his brain."
""I think she wants a bit of it, too." 
"Please, neither them'll even need it." She mutters, "Not that it'll be getting any blood in the first place."
"Boss, that ...." Chuck covers her face.
Category:Ficlet
Category:Caitlin
Category:Chuck D
Category:Pietr (mention)
Category:Griet (mention)
Category:Chuck D is a handler
Category:DandeBee
Category:Tang Min (mention)