Shared graftings

“Two displacers gave Galloran their eyes,” Jason established.

“Yes.”

“What if they die? Would his eyes rot?”

“A fair question,” Ferrin said. “Can Galloran see out of those eyes?”

“Of course.”

“And the displacers can too, which means he has a shared grafting. In a shared grafting, the mutual body part is simultaneously supported by both organisms. If Galloran dies, the eyes can draw from the displacers to remain alive and functional. If the displacers die, the eyes will lose their cross-dimensional connection and become the sole property of Galloran. They should remain healthy and serviceable. Displacers have been hunted and killed so a person could become the sole owner of a grafting. It makes our kind think twice before we share a body part.”

Chapter 2