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"The Surgeons, what are they?" you ask, with some urgency. "What do they want?"

The man opens his mouth to answer your question—but only a scream comes from his throat. He contorts one final time, and then his body fades entirely, and does not reappear. He has become, it seems, more Surgeon than man. This man's disappearance causes you to think back to the cadaver of the Surgeon you acquired in April: you recall of how parts of it would fade entirely, becoming intangible. Your best guess is that the same thing has happened to this man. He is still there, before you—but you can no longer see him, or even touch him.

If that's the case, and if he's truly becoming one of the Surgeons, it might be prudent to leave the area. You turn, and walk away from the spot.

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