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3. Fran's Gift (Part 2)

The flange gift is a wearable exoskeleton walker.

"The traction force of your left leg forward will drive the movement of the right leg, and the pace is set consistently, either forward or backward. I need to wait for you to try to adjust the specific balance..." Flan held the assembled mechanical parts and half-kneeled in front of the little prince's wheelchair. The latter's eyes were a little complicated, but it did not stop him from lifting his robe.

The little prince's legs, to be precise, were congenital deformities, and the bones grew in a very strange posture, a bit like a fish hook. The two legs wrapped in silk pants were placed under the robe. Although the palace servants would massage and promote blood circulation every day, they still looked very thin. The flange attached the mechanical parts to the surface of the silk pants one by one to fix them. The size of these parts was not large. After the assembly was completed, they were only the thickness of the adult thighs. The pile of things he brought were piled aside, and I don't know what it was for.

"Come on, I'll take you, stand up and try it."

Flan held the little prince's hand, and Waynedu, who was beside him, hurriedly came over to hold the little prince's back. With the support of the two of them, the little prince slowly stood up from the wheelchair. There was a flash of unexplained emotions in his eyes, and he lowered his head and stared at his upright legs. At Flan's gesture, Waynedu also let go of his hand a little worriedly, so for the first time since he was born, the little prince did not rely on anyone's support and stood on the ground with his legs.

He tried to take a step forward, but was stopped by Flange: "Don't, let me see first."

Flan squatted on the side of the little prince's legs, and turned around to check the tightness of each mechanical part. He stretched out his hand to poke and pull it from time to time, and then took the tool to debug. After a while, he finally stood up and signaled the little prince to take a step forward.

The little prince slowly raised his left foot, frowned slightly as if he was a little uncomfortable, and then stepped forward. The moment his left foot landed on the ground, his right leg also took a step forward. His movements were quite smooth, so smooth that he didn't even react by himself. He stood there in a daze.

Flan nodded and said, "It seems that there is no problem, what do you think?"

The little prince shook his head slightly: "I don't know, I'll walk a little longer." As he spoke, he took another step forward. This time the step was much bigger than before. The little prince squinted his eyes and seemed to have found some tricks. He took three steps forward without warning. He chuckled, turned around and rushed to Flan and Wayne and said, "It turns out that walking is so simple."

A two or three-year-old child will run around the ground. It is indeed a very simple thing for a normal person to walk, but God did not give the little prince a healthy body, so he could stand up and walk with his legs with the help of machinery. Before that, he had been sitting in a wheelchair for eight years. If the flange did not appear, the time might have been longer, until he grew up and had undergone limb replacement surgery and was able to see the light of day again.

Flan took back his thoughts of running away because of the other party's words, walked over and squatted down to debug the machinery on the little prince's legs. This thing was not his exclusive invention, and the materials were not precious. The only troublesome thing was that it had to be tailored. After confirming that there was no problem with walking quickly or going backwards, Flan asked the little prince to stand still or walk slowly at will for ten minutes.

"If you feel uncomfortable, tell me immediately." Flan instructed the little prince, then returned to his pile of materials that he didn't know what to use for, and waved to the young palace servant standing beside him: "Brother, come and help me support this."

A eunuch like this who was sent to the deep palace when he was young, when outsiders were polite, they called father-in-law and were polite, and then they called eunuchs. Flan's brother called the palace man stunned. He was stunned for two seconds before he realized that he looked at the chief general Wayne Du. Chief general Wei was staring at the prince tightly, for fear that people would fall and trip, so he had no intention of paying attention to these things. The palace man hesitated for a while, and walked to Flan and helped him raise the long metal plate.

Ten minutes later, the little prince, who was still immersed in the freshness of his first walking, finally remembered Flan's advice under Wayne's reminder. He controlled his unskilled legs and walked slowly behind Flan, looking at the already-shaped "big thing" in front of the other party, with a very subtle expression.

"How do you feel? Tell me where I feel uncomfortable, I will adjust it again... It will be fine soon, wait a moment." Flan tightened the last piece of part, stood up with his knees, looked at his work, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to look at the little prince.

"This is the gift I really give you." He pointed to the big thing. Although his expression was quite calm, he could not hide the boastful smell in his words. "It is equipped with an anti-gravity engine and two small thrusters. The maximum speed can reach 400 kilometers per hour. The suspension height is normal. I set it at 30 cm and can be suspended in the air at an altitude of 100 meters. In an emergency, the upward height can reach 300 meters in an instant. In addition, it can be freely converted between two forms of expansion and retracting. It is like this. If it is retracted..." Flan pressed the wheelchair he made, and saw that the chair quickly folded up and turned into a slender cabinet, which was about the height of the adult. He put one hand on the counter and turned his head to look at the little prince and Wayne, but he could not see the surprise and curiosity he expected.

The little prince frowned slightly, Wayne smiled and said nothing. Overall, his reaction was... very plain.

Mr. Wei was amused. He had heard of the walker but had never seen it with his own eyes, so he was still surprised. But the wheelchair... The royal family couldn't even afford a wheelchair. What kind of suspension, intelligence and automatic sensing are there? He had seen it for the little prince, but the little prince liked the current retro wooden wheelchair. This thing is also an antique-level old object in the palace. He could just remove a handrail and buy dozens of new wheelchairs like the flange... But he didn't want to call Flange too embarrassed after all, so he clapped his hands with a smile and praised: "The master Flange's mechanics is indeed profound."

The little prince frowned, as if he had made some decision, raised his head and said to Flan: "I will use the teacher's intentions well."

As soon as this said, not only Flan was stunned, but even Wayne Du was surprised. Flan was surprised that the little prince actually called him "teacher". This was the first time that Wayne Du was surprised that the little prince implied that he wanted to replace his favorite wooden wheelchair to use the newly built Flan... Wayne Du was a little moved, and was also a little confused. It was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen were not lenient people, who did the little prince follow his temperament?

Flange reacted and hurriedly continued to introduce his invention to the prince: "This wheelchair is equipped with a walker. Look here, this is the placement slot of the walker. You sit up and put your legs into this slot. Turn on the storage settings and it will be automatically stored in the placement slot below, and the partition will automatically close... Then this is the automatic sensing button. Usually, don't be on the walker. It will record your walking route and feed it back to the wheelchair behind. You can use voice control to turn on the follow mode. Whether it is unfolded or closed, the wheelchair will automatically follow you. The following distance can be controlled freely between half a meter and ten meters. This sensing button has some other functions. If you are interested, you can study it yourself.

In fact... the two armrests of the wheelchair can be opened from above, and there are two storage boxes on the left and right, which can hold blankets, clothes or books. These are loading and unloading buttons for seat cushions and cushions. In addition, all the components are waterproof and sealed, which is very easy to clean. Oh, by the way, you look here, lift the two armrests upwards and flatten them to both sides, which is a two-meter-long single bed. So I also made loading and unloading buttons for cushions on the inside of the armrest. If the seat cushions are made into a double-layer spreadable, it will be able to fill the vacant parts at that time. Then put a blanket in the storage box, you can lie down and rest at any time. There is a protective handle on the outside of the seat, which can be pulled up to prevent falling while sleeping..."

The excited Flange did not notice the increasingly dull expressions of the little prince and Wayne, and he kept talking: "I also placed a small table board behind the seat. You can turn it to the front, put it flat for dining or tilt up, make a reading rack or place communication equipment. You see, there is a pop-up bracket under the table board and a charging socket. A fixed rod can be pulled out above the table board... The angle of the seat can be adjusted, and the entire backrest is divided into three sections, which can be adjusted separately..."

"Ahem." Waynedu finally couldn't help but cough and interrupted him, "This wheelchair has a lot of functions."

There are quite a lot of things, and I just want to ask the little prince to sit on it and don’t have to come down. I might as well live on it... However, these details also reflect that Flan did put his heart into it and took into account everything. Wayne Du was still very satisfied. Flan was interrupted by him, and seemed to finally realize that he had said too much, so he closed his mouth and turned his head to look at the little prince.

The little prince noticed Flan's gaze, raised his eyes and looked at him for a moment, and grinned.
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