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be fully functional. If we fix the body and then re-Transfer I think that you'll
survive. But you might end up with amnesia or even being back to something like
a baby, having to relearn everything. Or you might be unrecoverable. You might
not be able to learn, and spend the rest of your life as a baby. OrЕ you could
die."
He thought about that for a bit then shrugged. "I'm 'oing to 'ie anyway. Is
there an up side?"
"Oh, yes," she said with a nod. "I'm fairly confident the procedure will work,
otherwise I wouldn't risk it."
" 'en?" he asked. "If you think it 'ill 'ork. I'mЕ I'm dying by inches doctor."
"I can do it now if you wish," she admitted. "To tell you the truth, I'm prepped
and feeling very positive. But if you want to think it overЕ ?"
"No," he said after a moment. "I th-ink that now is as good a time as any. Are
'e going to a repair module?"
"No," she said, gesturing at his chair. "Nothing will get opened, probably
nothing will shut down, and the nannites can handle it if it does. Right here is
as good as anywhere."
"Okay," he said with a deep breath. " 'at 'o I 'o?"
"Lean back and close your eyes," she replied.
When she was sure he was in place, she activated the medical field, started the
program and closed her own eyes.
The nannite field locked his body in place, put his brain into a suspended sleep
state and began the process of repair.
From her point of view his body changed to a colored representation. The areas
that had not been repaired were various shades of yellow, with a blue field
sweeping up from his feet. She monitored the body repair process for a moment to
ensure it was working well, diving in to molecular level to check on the
process.
At that level individual nannites, represented by small ovals, were diving into
each cell of his body to replace the affected genes. The actual materials that
did the work were not nannites per se but an RNA strand a bit less complicated
than a virus. The nannites would handle cell and nucleus entry then drop the
packet. It went in, did a fast stitch on the specific genes to be repaired then
bonded back onto the nannite, which then proceeded to the next cell.
The process was not perfect on the first flow-through. Genes were not found only
in the nucleus and some of the problem codons were free-floaters. These were
swept up and modified by specialized nannites represented by diamond figures.
These nannites also handled modification of cells that were in the process of
mitosis and did other "cleanup" jobs.
In addition the nerve cells were having to be switched out entirely. It was that
or modify them one protein at a time since both the neurotransmitter production
and binding sites were damaged. In each case transmitter nannites bonded to the
cells, sent a copy of them "off-line" waited until a repaired copy was completed
and then switched them out in one fell swoop.
It was this repair that was the most problematic on the "body" end of the
process but it seemed to be working fine. Some of the motor cells seemed to have
a hard time "reinitializing" but eventually, in no more than three seconds, they
all began responding perfectly.
Sure that the easy end was functioning, she shifted her attention to the brain.
While she had been observing the work on the lower extremities, the doctor