You mull over who to bring - You briefly linger on the idea of bringing those most affected by the Stille Dag. You decide against it though. You need to make a SCENE at the MEETING. You need to make sure all of this MEANT something.

So why not bring some HEROES?
You hiss as one of the nurses smears some thick cream over the shattered stumps that were once your antlers. You should worry about that after getting healed.

You let one of the nurses inject you with a sedative so you can get some proper surgery. Everything goes black soon after. Gotta admit, it-

When you next wake, the first thing you spot is a swarm of Z-Corp nurses staring at you with a mixture of fear and curiosity usually reserved for discovering a new lifeform. They're muttering and whispering to each other over what they just saw.

You look down at your right arm. It has regrown but it feels like there's something wrong with it. You run your finger down your forearm - Yeah, there's metal in there. It seems your body regenerated over a metal replacement they gave you. Reminds you of seeing Kudza growing over an abandoned building.

You flex your fingers. Feels stiff but it'll work, at least.
>RUPTURED LIVER, SHATTERED RIBS and DISLOCATED JAW have been healed!
>LEAKY EYE MUTATION is removed!
>SHATTERED ANTLERS replaced with BUDDING ANTLERS (-3 WILLPOWER)

Benjamin pushes past the horde of Z-Corpers to get a better look at you. He's gotten a similar half-prosthetic-half-flesh arm to replace the arm he just lost. "Hey! Glad they managed to fix you up. You doing okay?"
"As good as I can be after that." You groan. "How are the others."

One of the nurses answers for Benjamin, "Stable. The ones heading to the MEETING were given extra attention but all are stable."
You grit your teeth but Benjamin elaborates before any misunderstandings could brew.

"Oh! Some makeup artists came by to help hide any bruises or scars - They're going on TV after all, haha! It would look REALLY bad if, say, Max looked how she did an hour ago."
Fair enough, you suppose.
The nurses scatter to deal with your other allies now that you've been (mostly) patched up. Benjamin sits right next to you on the ambulance floor. "So. You're going, right? Mind telling Max something if you're heading up there?"

"Ah. Funny thing you mentioned that." You click your tongue. "I want you to come."
Benjamin blankly stares at you. You tap around your neck to make sure you didn't literally grow a second head.
"Uh. You okay there?" You awkwardly laugh.

"I. Huh! I didn't. I didn't expect that, really, I was. I was kinda expecting not to go." It's clear he has some reservations about going but you can tell it's not about the MEETING itself.
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] He's worried about how his presence might harm Max's reputation. It IS the biggest event in the City.

"It'll be fine, man." You pat him on the shoulder. "Do you or do you not wanna go?"
"Ah, what the heck! Might as well! Who else?"
"Funny you say that."