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Escape Pod 732: At Her Fingertips (https://escapepod.org/2020/05/14/escape-pod-732-at-her-fingertips/)
Author: Jason Kimble (https://escapepod.org/people/jason-kimble/)
Narrator: Ibba Armancas (https://escapepod.org/people/ibba-armancas/)
Host: Tina Connolly (https://escapepod.org/people/tina-connolly/)
Audio Producer: Summer Brooks (https://escapepod.org/people/summer-brooks/)
This story was first published in Betwixt Magazine
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Ten fingers, ten toes. That’s the baseline for a healthy kid, right? You’d have thought I’d be a bonus, what with eighteen fingers. Guess they all have to function before you count them.
As Deficiencies go, mine’s not so bad. The Skew was a hell of a thing, and everyone on the Rim’s still feeling it. I knew a guy once had a fully formed jaw down around his nuts. I only wish I was kidding. On the upside, the hinge didn’t work, or it would’ve been a nightmare sitting down.
So, yeah, I have extra digits grown out from the top of my primary knuckles. You get used to working around them, though. Makes some things tenser for me when I’m elbow-deep in an engine than it does for people without them, but it only took once or twice pinching them before my reflexes amped up. And, like I said: could be worse.
“Acaja!”
Case in point: I could have a mouth that doesn’t close all the way like my boss, Harvey. He literally never shuts his trap.
“Acaja, get the hell over here!”
No matter how much I wish he would.
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So, I just couldn't understand why she couldn't amputate the extra digits if they got in the way. I know people who were born with extra fingers/toes and there wasn't a problem cutting those off, when they chose to. I wish the story had at least touched on why that wasn't possible here. It interfered with my enjoyment of the story.
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Agreed.