Saw
Medical Center.
Under the little boy's affectionate gaze, Mark's brain was on the verge of crashing.
For no other reason!
The possibilities were endless.
It wasn't as if he couldn't have children.
In the face of big data, contraceptive measures were no match at all.
There had already been cases before.
And the little boy's expression was so vivid that it drew him right in.
In that instant, he didn't doubt the truth of it in the slightest.
Not until he caught the little boy's face instantly change as he grinned at Adam did he realize it might have been a prank.
"Uh..."
Mark let out a long breath and looked helplessly at Adam.
"Happy Halloween. No ears, no treats."
Adam smiled. "His internal auditory organs are intact; they just can't communicate with the external ones.
"I'll coordinate with the Chief of Surgery for an Operating Room.
"I'll find the nurses and anesthesiologist for you.
"I'll have O'Malley serve as first assistant.
"Dr. Sloan, for the sake of all those little Sloans who might really show up someday, why not perform this surgery for the boy free of charge today?"
"You little brat!"
Mark glanced at the boy, who was once again looking at him hopefully. Since Adam had gone this far, he naturally wouldn't refuse. "Fine. I'll do this charity surgery."
"Thank you, Dr. Sloan. Thank you!"
The little boy was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.
Live off the mountain if you lived by the mountain; live off the water if you lived by the water.
As the son of a restaurant employee, if the restaurant hadn't been inside the hospital, and if he hadn't been so calculating, articulate, and good at moving people—
Something like this, a single surgery capable of changing his life, might not have