“We, uh…” Hesitation. “The organelles work a lot like mitochondria, like I said. They have their own independent reproductive cycle, their own DNA. They seem to be self-regulating, reproducing or allowing themselves to die according to prion levels in the host cells. My initial trials with transplanted Born bodies… that’s what I’m calling them for the time being… has proven tentatively successful. But there might be long-term side effects. Ideally, I’d like to start a large cell line, grow as many human tissues as we can. Then have the Forerunner grow us a body without a mind, see how they live. If it works the way I think it will, we could have our first humans in… twenty years?”