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Wysłany: Pon 6:46, 14 Lut 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaagbby |
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ginnewDomainssiftingthroughcladogramsof
freshly-discoveredspeciesnewmicrobesnewenzymesbuilttoworkat
temperaturesandpressureslongthoughtimpossiblyhostiletoanyform
oflife.Theycataloguedthecellularmachinerytickingsluggishlyinbed-
rockkilometersdeepgermslivingsoslowlytheyhadn'tdividedsince
theFrenchRevolution.Theytweakedthesulfur-reducersthatchokedto
deathonoxygencoaxedthemintodevouringoilslicksandcuring
strangenewkindsofcancer.TheHoltzbrinkEmpireitwassaidheld
patents on half the Archaebacteria.
NowPatriciaRowansitsacrossfromJakobandJuttaintheirliving
roomandwonderswhatelsetheymighthavepatentedinthoselast
days on earth.
I'msureyou'veheardthelatestshesays.Jerryjustconfirmedit.
?ehemoth's made it to Impossible Lake.
Jakobnodsabirdlikegestureincludingshouldersaswellashead.But
hiswordscarrydenial:"NoIdon'tthinkso.Isawthestats.Toosalty."
He licks his lipsstares at the floor. "?ehemoth wouldn't like it."
Jutta puts a comforting hand on his knee.
He'saveryoldmanhisconquestsallinthepast.Hewasborntoo
earlygrewtoooldforeternalyouth.Bythetimethetweakswereavail-
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