Alone with Charlie, Dr. Guarino pats him on the head. He has a kindly smile. "Okay, kid. On the table."
When Charlie doesn't respond, he lifts him gently onto the leather-padded table and straps him down securely with heavy webbed straps.
The table smells of deeply ingrained sweat, and leather.
"Maaaa!" "She's outside. Don't worry, Charlie. This won't hurt a bit."
"Want Ma!" Charlie is confused at being restrained this way.
He has no sense of what is being done to him, but there have been other doctors who were not so gentle after his parents left the room.
Guarino tries to calm him. "Take it easy, kid. Nothing to be scared of."
"You see this big machine here? Know what I'm going to do with it?"
Charlie cringes, and then he recalls his mother's words. "Make me smart."
"That's right. At least you know what you're here for."
"Now, just close your eyes and relax while I turn on these switches."
"It'll make a loud noise, like an airplane, but it won't hurt you."
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