It was a week after he had his medical that Eric received an e-mail from the New Zealand Immigration Service telling him he was now also required to have a dental check-up. Well, that was really too much. But he couldn’t very well refuse. So Eric made a note in his schedule for the next day at two and returned to his work.
He took a small white mouse, one he had named Neville, because it looked kind of British to him for some reason, and prepared to shave a small area on its belly.