When I was done, I called the swarm to me.
Minus the non-roach crawlies, I would assume? Since they can’t go through the water.
I turned my attention to the injured who were clustering around the ambulances.
“Listen!” I called out, using my bugs to augment my voice. “Some of you have been picking the glass out of your skin! I understand it hurts, but you’re slowing things down!”
How so? By not doing other things?
I got some confused and angry looks. I held up my hand to forestall any comments or argument.
“Any paramedic, nurse or doctor that helps you has to make absolutely sure that you don’t have any glass embedded deep in your body. I don’t believe x-rays can detect glass-”
That would make sense. X-rays are a form of light, and glass is translucent, at least to the visible range.
I paused as a paramedic snapped his head up to look at me. Okay, so I was wrong. I wished he hadn’t reacted, though.
Ah, okay. Fair enough!
I suppose even if the glass is translucent to x-rays (which I don’t know), that would still be detectable because flesh isn’t as translucent to them?
People were paying attention to the paramedics, they’d noticed, and it wasn’t critical that these people know the exact details of the treatment they’d get. If he’d just let me lie or be wrong, this would have gone smoother.
Yeah, but I can’t fault a trained medical professional for reacting to medical misinformation.
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