She used to be a soldier. Then anti-technology fanatics captured her and ripped her implants from her body. Without them, now she's nothing but a two-legged animal.
A weak animal, with only the strength of her organic flesh. An ignorant animal, with only the information from her organic senses. A rabid animal, with uncontrolled neurochemicals flooding her organic brain with emotions and desires.
Emotions like rage. Desires like vengeance.
But she lost something else along with her implants. Something more important than her strength and her perceptions and her human reason. And only her captors can help her find it again.
This short story is 6800 words long. It can also be found in Digital Flesh, a science fiction short story collection.
