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The woman squinted a bit at the tricorder screen. “..Too thin to be anything from the fabric factory. Next nearest thing that produces metal of any size is almost 2 miles off! Anything that thin would be even further. Probably from the main colony hub at best. Anything else is a mystery to me. Can you remove it?” She asked.

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“I suppose I could… with my superior’s permission, of course.” Buckingham thought of the potential complexities of such an operation. He’d decided that it would be in his - and the villager’s - best interests if he sought the permission of the CMO before agreeing to any such undertaking.

“I must warn you though, I have never operated on a Bull before.”

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”..Well I could do the operation with aide from my assistant. That’s not a problem. When I meant could you remove it I guess I meant is it safe to remove? I don’t need one of my prime bulls dying if it would kill him.” She said.

Looking at it Thomas could be pretty confident that long as the surgery went well removal of the shard would not harm the bull in a life threatening way. He could also provide some faster recovery methods or medications provided the colonists approved.

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