“I wouldn’t test on anyone if I wasn’t confident it was ready.”
Logan laughed. “It wasn’t that long ago that Bennett needed it to protect himself from you.”
Brice snorted. “Don’t even pretend that you didn’t want to knock him out when he walked into that party and announced he was with Zoey.”
“Between you and Dean, I’m not sure there would’ve been anything left of him. He’s either brave or crazy for wearing armor that you developed. I hear you two still butt heads quite often.”
“He’s an arrogant ass,” Brice said plainly.
“And that’s why he fits in with us so nicely.” Logan finished his second beer and threw some bills on the counter to cover both of their tabs. “I’ve got to head out. I have surgery scheduled early tomorrow, and I need to review some notes.”
“Which hospital?”
“One in Bellisae.”
“I take it you’re still working with Jon Vinchi?”
“It’s up and running. Now I spend a few hours a day training or supervising other surgeons to utilize the surgical robotic devices. He continues to enhance it based on new types of procedures that require such precision and accuracy.”
“That could be endless.”
“The biggest thing we encounter is doctors accepting that they do not need to be hands-on in the physical location to be able to perform these procedures.”
Brice chuckled. “Nothing like helping him put you out of work.”
Logan arched a brow. Brice was a scientist like Jon. He was the last person he expected to side with the opposition.
“Hey, the guy’s brilliant, but you’re not going to be needed if the machine can do it.”
“The machine only does what we tell it. It does not diagnose or operate on its own. Each laser cut is made through our commands. It’s like the most advanced video game ever created. I can be sitting at the controls in my office while the surgical robotic devices are on the other side of the world. I’m not being put out of business. I’m expanding it. There’s no place I can’t practice now.”
Brice got up from his seat and said, “Good. Tell Jon that Tabiq could use one.” He didn’t wait for a response and headed out the door.
I walked right into that one.He didn’t want to go home where he was going to think about anything they’d just discussed. It was time for him to escape, and that meant only one place. His office.