The Watcher
“YOU SEE, TAURA, ISF doesn’t know how to use nanometrics,” Vega said.
She was standing in front of the window overlooking the white cloud tops. Jupiter’s distinctive patterns were only visible from a great distance. When you were as close as the orbiting base, all the clouds were white, misty and fluffy.
“They try mechanical things. Sure, you can charge them and they will hold information. Oh, the wonder! Turn a person into a data storage device. But the long-term retention rate is rubbish because the particles move in the bloodstream, even if they don’t always move much. But as soon as they move, they interfere with each other and mess up the memories. You can make nanometrics release chemicals. Oh, the wonder! You can change their mood, their nature, their eye colour, even
