CW: medical trauma, gore, blood
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The medical theatre is a crude and putrid venue. Tiers of splintering and scuffed seating funnel down to a detestable stage.

The body rests atop a surgical bed, sitting at the dead center. A lone island amongst a sea of blood and viscera. Performers wade through the humors to reach their subject.

Three practitioners, knee deep in the dead, moan and bicker to one another. Each more certain than the other that their individual method is the clear and objective truth.

The Butcher...