The first page was a standard medical intake form. Name, age, rank, physical baseline - the routine documentation that every Echelon member underwent annually. Heart rate, blood pressure, height, weight. All normal. All unremarkable. The numbers of a healthy man in his early thirties with above-average fitness and no chronic conditions.
The second page was different.
The header read ANOMALOUS TISSUE REPORT - RIGHT HAND, FOREARM, PARTIAL UPPER ARM. Beneath it, in the clean, precise handwriting of a medical professional who had been trained to be objective and was struggling, the entries began.
Secondary cardiac rhythm detected.
