“Very good, very good, senorita.  The last of the bandages is off.  Would you like to open your eyes? 
 Gently, now.  There will be some swelling.”
 “No kidding.  My eyes feel like two raisins packed in marshmallow.”
 <silence>
 “I can’t see anything.”
 “Do not be alarm—“
 “Hey!  I can’t see anything!”
 “The lights are off senorita.  It’s for your own comfort.”
 “How can I tell if they work?”
 “They’re Spangler-Zeiss, senorita.  They always work.  Please, be calm.  Do you remember the owl exercise?”
 “If I have to imagine that damn owl flying one more time—“
 “I’m afraid so, senorita.  We’ve keyed certain operations to the alpha-wave pattern of that imaging.”
 “An engram trace?”
 “We prefer not to use archaic metaphors, senorita.  Trust me, this is a prosthetic technology with a hundred
 year track record.  See the owl for me, senorita.”
 “Nope.  Nothing.  It doesn’t—Wait!  Madre de Dios!”
 “What do you think now?”
 “Unbelievable!  Wait—I lost it.  No, okay, okay—I’m hooked in again.  This is incredible.  I can read the
 name patch on your lab coat.”
 “Argus, record UV function engaged for Senorita Salla.  We will do a thorough  test battery tomorrow to give
 you precise function parameters.  For now, could you—“
 “The snake.  I’m way ahead of—Chinga!”
 “Argus, IR functions also engaged.”
 “You look funny—every time you breathe, fire steams out of your nose.  A regular little dragon.  Hey—why
 doesn’t the nurse do that?  She has a steady glow off her ears, but nothing around her mouth and—Oh.  I get
 it.”
 “If you switch back to UV, you will see a serial number stamped on Señora Almada’s forehead.  Some patients
 are uncomfortable with the idea of a robot nurse, even though Senora Almada’s bedside manner is the product
 of 35 years of market research.”
 “Bigots.”
 “We strive to give the best possible patient experience, señorita.  Well?  Te gusta?”
 “It’s incredible.  Incredible.  I can’t believe I waited this long.  I should have done this years ago. 
 Dios!—something just flew past the window.”
 “A bat, probably.  They’re something of a plague here.”
 “Bats!  That’s next.  What can you do for my ears?”
 “Señorita, we recommend you get used to your eyes first.”
 “Don’t be absurd.  Homo Superior, here I come!”