Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 7

           

           I’dseenthissortofthingbefore.ReileenKawaharahadmaintainedasmalloneforhertransitclonesonNewBeijing,andofcoursetheCorpshadtheminabundance.Still,I’dneverseenanythingquitelikethis.

           Thespacewasoval,dome-ceilinged,andmusthaveextendedthroughbothstoreysoftheinstallation.Itwashuge,thesizeofatemplebackhome.Lightingwaslow,adrowsyorange,andthetemperaturewasblood-warm.Theclonesacswereeverywhere,veinedtranslucentpodsofthesameorangeasthelight,suspendedfromtheceilingbycablesandnutrienttubes.Thecloneswerevaguelydiscerniblewithin,foetalbundlesofarmsandlegs,butfullygrown.Oratleast,mostwere;towardsthetopofthedomeIcouldseesmallersacswherenewadditionstothestockwerebeingcultured.Thesacswereorganic,atoughenedanalogueofwomblining,andtheywouldgrowwiththefoetuswithintobecomelikethemetreandahalflozengesinthelowerhalfofthevault.Thewholecrophungtherelikeaninsanemobile,justwaitingforsomehugesicklybreezetostiritintomotion.

           Nymanclearedhisthroat,andbothPrescottandIshookofftheparalysedwonderthathadgrippedusonthethreshold.

           "Thismaylookhaphazard,"hesaid,"butthespacingiscomputergenerated."

           "Iknow."Inoddedandwentclosertooneofthelowersacs."It’sfractal-derived,right?"

           "Ah,yes."Nymanseemedalmosttoresentmyknowledge.

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