“I know how native cells can survive on the ring and why transplanted cells can’t,” Dr. Born said, without preamble. She held up her tablet in her mouth, which displayed some image an electron microscope had taken, with some parts of the cell colored and others not. Olivia could make no sense of it, and didn’t want to try while constantly bumping and shifting. I will not vomit in front of Perez. Or Dr. Irwin once we get her, for that matter. 