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Ariel swung her long legs out to span down two full steps of the deck stairs. She was pleased they were so long now. Each day she felt stronger despite what she’d learned. She didn’t turn as she tried to explain things to Reed.
“Nanos are really molecular assemblers. Unlike what science fiction portrays, they do not create new things from nothing. It’s more like they reposition tiny particles of existing building blocks for optimal reaction in repair processes. This means if your body wants to use them to fix and replicate molecules, it can. But nanos can only work with what is already there. They do not really create.”
She looked at the very fit, very handsome male beside her. “In you, new nanos are being born all the time. In each of the three blood draws I took from you, I saw more
