And All the King's Men
And All the King's Men is a story written by shukyou and illustrated by morgie. It ran in Issue 48 and can be found at s2b2.livejournal.com/274807.html and shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/and-all-the-kings-men/.
Summary
A political aide helps his boss recover from a gunshot wound.
"By luck, or chance, or maybe fate, I was the only wait-er in the waiting room when the neurosurgeons came in, one walking, one wheeling. The latter had the blank, semi-human almost-face of cutting-edge medical droid technology. Maybe its partner had brought it along so she could teach it how to tell friends and family that a loved one had passed away. Empathy lessons in real time, with me as today's case study." --opening paragraph
Connections
And All the King's Men is unconnected to other stories and universes.
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