"Do you really think this will cure my headaches?" she asked.

"I'm absolutely certain. We're ready, so count backwards from 10."

"Ten, nine, eight, sevv-"

High pressure water pulsed from twelve precise nozzles, each directed at an angle into her skull. Her brain instantly turned to slurry, every neuron separated from its neighbors at once.

The procedure was successful. The girl's agonal breathing made a "vvv vvv vvv" sound, locked to the last syllable of her consciousness.