Splinter

I drag the scalpel across the blister at the base of my right thumb. Fumbling, due to right-handedness, the line is not as straight as I'd hoped it'd be. Blood trickles out, followed by a greenish ooze. Funny how a splinter can cause such a ruckus in the flesh. Below the top layer of blister, I can see the tail end of the sliver that had embedded itself there. I grab tweezers and pinch painfully but delicately. Slowly I pull, but am suddenly hindered in my attempt to extricate. What the hell? Something inside my hand pulls it farther in!