-jimmy sighed and snuffed his smoke out ,flicking the stub into a trash bin behind the bar- " im nervous ,sure there's a ton of technological advances but its an iridium slug and because its so close to my spinal cord they have to break my spine to retrieve it and i cant afford to have it nano-dissipated. he took a pull from his drink and refilled before speaking "my bio-chips are whats keeping me from getting iridium poisoning,ill look into it though maybe the military will pay for it ,id have to get the procedure done at Cambridge institute,the nano surgery that is ,i can get it removed"the old fashioned way" via the vets hospital,if i dont mind sitting for 6 weeks in a cast in LA summer heat" he smiled" you've never conducted a stratospheric reentry drop,have you the heat from the glow on the body armors hypnotizing,and its a helluva rush"