He finished removing the wire, giving it a look that was equal parts confused and disgusted, and set it down beside him, pressing a hand hard over the wound.
He looked up and spotted the young woman who'd been so helpful, and gave her a bit of a wave with the hand that wasn't getting steadily more gory.
"Hello! I found the problem, I had all this primitive wiring in my cardiovascular system. What do you suppose that was doing there?"