Fehn Gamin
Minmatar
Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2008.05.20 16:21:00 -
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Clinical Poetry? Very nice medical authenticity.  I hope the following is not too much analysis for a piece of literature that has an obvious intentionally indirect style.
There is an interesting progression between the 'acts':
1. Transformation from normal via chemical injection.
2. Training the body with rigors.
3. The body failing under deadly force.
What I can infer: The body is in custody, potentially by the same owner in acts 1 and 2, since both the chemical injections and rigors appear to be external forms of training.
In act 2, the body is also clearly in someone's care/custody, deduced from the assumption that the injection of sedative, application of unknown medical agent at the back muscle, and the electrical field applied to the torso could not be accomplished by the body itself while enduring the 'spasm'.
It seems as if something important is taking place between acts 2 and 3. I take the 'lift', 'drop', and 'different air smell' at the end of act 2 to mean the body is being released to a new environment. My question here is: "Who is doing the releasing? And why?"
Act 3 has some potentially interesting plot lines. The focus has shifted and now instead of training stimuli, the body is reacting to its environment, and apparently its brain's choices. My highly speculative guesses:
Trouble sleeping: the subject is on the run and has trouble sleeping since it is brought to full attention at the slightest suspicion.
Trouble with self preservation and/or social integration in the new environment: I believe the reference to the prefrontal cortex is a significant one. In my search of the topic I discovered this: Many diseases, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and ADHD, have been related to dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex. and This brain region has been implicated in planning complex cognitive behaviors, personality expression, and moderating correct social behavior. The basic activity of this brain region is considered to be orchestration of thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals.
It seems that the change in diet could either be the brain learning to modify what is ingested to improve performance, or the body getting aid from a more knowledgeable source (envision a kind older woman feeding soup).
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