Part 4, Chapter 6 Mind Surgery Summary

Toby holes up in a shady hollow. His diagnostics tell him three of his ribs are broken. Two Faces worm down into his cerebral cortex to speed the healing process. More explosions boom far away. He has visions, waking dreams. He is flying along in a strange vehicle with Shibo. She has teeth missing and both ears are on the left side. She is wearing only a halter. He rolls through the grass and hits his knee hard, damaging it. Toby scrambles back to cover. He finds a small stream and cleans himself for the first time in two or three days. Toby realizes that Shibo has concealed things from him, distracting him with her vivid memories. He crawls back and gets out his field kit. Using only the clumsy tools in the field kit, he gets...