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She was at the dentist, sitting in a large chair that was tilted so far to the back she could feel blood rushing to her head. The dentist was talking to her, but it was all incoherent mumbling because he wore a surgical mask over his face.
This was wrong. Ro wasn't due for a checkup and she certainly didn't need oral surgery.
Indignant, she tried to tell him that there must be some mistake. That's when she realized two things were keeping her from communicating with the dentist. The metal tube that sucked excess saliva during a cleaning was in her mouth. She felt her lips close around it when she tried to talk, and every time that happened the device dried up the inside of her mouth. When she tried to reach up to take the stupid thing out of her mouth, she realized that she was strapp
