‘His body’s young. It’ll soon heal.’ ‘Yes, of course it will,’ replied Penley, but he didn’t sound convinced. ‘What are you worried about then?’ Penley frowned, remembering the Ice Warriors’ vicious attack. ‘The weapons they used...’ he brooded, ‘peculiar...’ He snapped out of his thoughts and faced Storr squarely. ‘The fact is I’m afraid there might be some neural damage. He has no reflex response from the waist down.’ Storr had seen spinal paralysis in animals and men before; the only hope of survival would be intensive care and proper treatment. Was this an excuse for Penley to return to the Base? ‘How can you be sure, it he’s unconscious?’ ‘I’m not—yet. When he wakes, and tries to walk—then we’ll know.’ ‘And if it’s bad?’ ‘I’ll have to get him to the Base,’ he said bluntly. ‘No!’ cried Storr fiercely. ‘For the boy’s sake! Do you want him to end up a cripple?’ Storr fell silent. He knew the other answer wasn’t easy, but his hatred of the scientists and their degrading prover forced him to make the suggestion.
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