Toubib Or Not To Be

It’s some time between 1 and 2 million years ago, you’re a member of the genus Homo , you’re sitting in a cave at night with other members of your tribe trying to keep each other warm with your body heat while there’s a thunderstorm outside. As you curl up in what could be described as a survival orgy ball, you hear loud lightning outside and you see some strong light emitting from near the entry of the cave. You, being one of the few who developed the ability to be curious and fearless, go to check it out. It’s a big ball of light that you assume has been sent by the gods or whatever you believe controls the universe at this point. As you get closer to it, you notice that you no longer feel the cold. It’s pleasantly warm. When you go to pick it up, you feel an extreme pain. You have to conserve it, so you choose a branch that’s only half-lit, and you take it back to the cave. Members of the tribe are very suspicious of it, but when you tell them that the gods sent it, in whatever form...