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“What do you mean by exponential?”
“May I?” He asked as he took one of Thad’s hands. He set it palm up on a tray. He picked up a scalpel and he cut him deeply across the hand.
“Ouch !” Thad flinched a little.
Then before their eyes, they watched as the bleeding stopped and the skin closed up in front of them, the whole process taking no more than a few seconds. “Wow Doc, that is amazing!”
“Ye s I know!”
“Doc is there anything I need to worry about? ” Thad asked.
“Well there are always things to worry about. However, I’m fairly sure you shouldn’t suffer any major side effects. I’m pretty good at what I do.” He said with an air of smugness about him. Eve popped up in the middle of the room making puking sounds as she held her throat.
“Oh, that is enough out of you!” He said, but that did not stop her. Eve was laughing wildly. “I think I made a mistake when I gave her a personality,” Doctor Hammer shook his head.
“I heard that sweetie ,” she waved her finger at him.
“Ah , I give up,” he said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Chapter 5
Thad was back to full heath within days. He found that following a daily routine seemed to bring him some comfort. Working through a number of martial arts forms before embarking on a ten-mile run made him felt more normal. Until his memory returned, if it ever did, he found himself clinging on to anything that felt normal.
Thad had just returned from one of his early morning runs before the heat of the day made it impossible to be outside for more than a few minutes. He found Doctor Hammer at the breakfast nook drinking coffee and listing to news reports while reading stock reports on a tablet.
“Hey Doc , I have been thinking, and I have two questions that I can’t seem to work out,” Thad said as he entered the kitchen.
“What can I answer for you? ” He asked in return, glancing up from the tablet.
“It’s about the Nano protein. F irst, how is it that it healed me, but I still have no memories? And second if it heals me will I age normally?” Thad asked.
“If you don’t mind I will answer the second part first as it is far easier to answer,” Hammer paused and took a sip of his coffee. “Yes you will age at a normal rate. The Nano bots have a sundown protocol in their programming that will let you age and eventually die. You will just have a much longer life span and will be healthy until the sundown protocol turns off the bots.” Again, he stopped and drank more coffee. “The other issue is harder to explain, but I will try to break it down as simply as I can. You see the Nano’s can only rebuild the cells in your body, including your brain cells, based on your DNA, but DNA doesn’t map out the connections of those brain cells. We have to give your brain some time to rewire those connections, if they can be rewired at all.”
“Ah,” Thad replied.
Doctor Hammer changed the subject, “Thaddeus have you given any more thought to my offer?” He had offered him money, as well as to set him up on any planet he wanted. Now Doctor Hammer wanted to know what he had decided.
“I have, and I’m just not sure what I would do with m yself, even with money. I wouldn’t know where to go or what to do.” Thad said as he plopped down in the seat across from the doctor.
“Well th en I have another offer for you. Stay here. Live with me and be my assistant, lord knows I need one.” He set his tablet down and looked Thad in the eyes trying to read his reaction.
“I thought Archie was your assistant?” Thad said as he poured some orange juice into a glass.
“Well , he is and a fairly decent one, however I have found that he is somewhat limited,” Doctor Hammer picked up his coffee and took a sip.
“How so?” Thad asked.
Doc tor Hammer set his coffee down, “He does everything he is told, which one might think is an admiral quality in
“What do you mean by exponential?”
“May I?” He asked as he took one of Thad’s hands. He set it palm up on a tray. He picked up a scalpel and he cut him deeply across the hand.
“Ouch !” Thad flinched a little.
Then before their eyes, they watched as the bleeding stopped and the skin closed up in front of them, the whole process taking no more than a few seconds. “Wow Doc, that is amazing!”
“Ye s I know!”
“Doc is there anything I need to worry about? ” Thad asked.
“Well there are always things to worry about. However, I’m fairly sure you shouldn’t suffer any major side effects. I’m pretty good at what I do.” He said with an air of smugness about him. Eve popped up in the middle of the room making puking sounds as she held her throat.
“Oh, that is enough out of you!” He said, but that did not stop her. Eve was laughing wildly. “I think I made a mistake when I gave her a personality,” Doctor Hammer shook his head.
“I heard that sweetie ,” she waved her finger at him.
“Ah , I give up,” he said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Chapter 5
Thad was back to full heath within days. He found that following a daily routine seemed to bring him some comfort. Working through a number of martial arts forms before embarking on a ten-mile run made him felt more normal. Until his memory returned, if it ever did, he found himself clinging on to anything that felt normal.
Thad had just returned from one of his early morning runs before the heat of the day made it impossible to be outside for more than a few minutes. He found Doctor Hammer at the breakfast nook drinking coffee and listing to news reports while reading stock reports on a tablet.
“Hey Doc , I have been thinking, and I have two questions that I can’t seem to work out,” Thad said as he entered the kitchen.
“What can I answer for you? ” He asked in return, glancing up from the tablet.
“It’s about the Nano protein. F irst, how is it that it healed me, but I still have no memories? And second if it heals me will I age normally?” Thad asked.
“If you don’t mind I will answer the second part first as it is far easier to answer,” Hammer paused and took a sip of his coffee. “Yes you will age at a normal rate. The Nano bots have a sundown protocol in their programming that will let you age and eventually die. You will just have a much longer life span and will be healthy until the sundown protocol turns off the bots.” Again, he stopped and drank more coffee. “The other issue is harder to explain, but I will try to break it down as simply as I can. You see the Nano’s can only rebuild the cells in your body, including your brain cells, based on your DNA, but DNA doesn’t map out the connections of those brain cells. We have to give your brain some time to rewire those connections, if they can be rewired at all.”
“Ah,” Thad replied.
Doctor Hammer changed the subject, “Thaddeus have you given any more thought to my offer?” He had offered him money, as well as to set him up on any planet he wanted. Now Doctor Hammer wanted to know what he had decided.
“I have, and I’m just not sure what I would do with m yself, even with money. I wouldn’t know where to go or what to do.” Thad said as he plopped down in the seat across from the doctor.
“Well th en I have another offer for you. Stay here. Live with me and be my assistant, lord knows I need one.” He set his tablet down and looked Thad in the eyes trying to read his reaction.
“I thought Archie was your assistant?” Thad said as he poured some orange juice into a glass.
“Well , he is and a fairly decent one, however I have found that he is somewhat limited,” Doctor Hammer picked up his coffee and took a sip.
“How so?” Thad asked.
Doc tor Hammer set his coffee down, “He does everything he is told, which one might think is an admiral quality in
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