#yarol

Thank you!

Hmmmmm

Alright, got one! ^^

In the world of the 2060s, there are surgeries that can, quite literally, fix a severed spine that, while it's SLIGHTLY delayed compared to nerves, and you basically have mild pins and needles / numbness from the limbs below the 'by-pass' still is, at the end of the day, a fix

BUT

It uses special nanofiber optic cables that basically act as the 'by-pass' / replace the damage nerves/spinal cord. (Gordon and Holden actually have this after the crash of the ‎Exocoetus prototype sub, which used hydrofoils when surfaced to allow for high speeds - basically me combining Gordon's hydrofoil crash with Holden's sub crash)

...Look, I'm handicapped and know a lot of other people that are, most of us handicapped by injury rather than birth... ALL of us would LOVE something to FIX what is broken, thus the tech to do just that exists in my fics ^^;; But I'm also a realist and end of the day, no matter what your cure is... there will be exceptions and limitations on it... and so-

Sam is actually HIGHLY allergic to them. Anaphylactic shock bad. Thus he remains paralyzed when he was injured in november of 2060.

Tied into this headcanon is that Sam's uber high tech hoverchair that he uses instead of a wheelchair is he actually suffers weakness and limited mobility in his left arm that means he couldn't use a manual wheelchair properly (not even an ultralight), so he'd have to get an electric...

Originally, he used a 'normal' electric wheelchair (albeit a treaded / tank / all terrain one) that was bought and paid for by his 'friends since childhood' of Jeff Tracy, Wilbur Zero and Sir Charles Grey.

Jeff met, and adopted, Brains (then just shy of 15 years old and an orphan) in early September of 2061 a few weeks later, on Sept 27, 2061... Sam's 46th birthday present from Jeff was a BEYOND state-of-the-art hoverchair.