"So you're doing better financially?" asked Ranma, after pulling his head in the window. He'd stuck it outside that window for at least the first fifteen minutes of trip.
"Oh, this?" Professor Natsume patted the dashboard. "No still struggling. The consulting fees with the police have kept my basics, but I found a few richer patrons who wanted minimal enhancements done for a variety of reasons and people volunteering for it. All still very hush hush, but enough money to get things going. I needed a vehicle, and so this one was made available to me."
"Volunteers?" asked Akane.
"Oh yes," said the Professor. "Less than a 5% enhancement, but it's allowed me to gain useful data out of the whole thing."
"5%? That ain't much," said Ranma.
"No, they didn't want it noticeable," said the Professor. "People who are professional bodyguards, SWAT team members, and so on. With something like 3% Starfish, giving the subject an accelerated but not particularly superhuman healing rate. Things of that nature."
"I heard the Yaks have tried a few 90%," said Ranma.
"Bah, unstable and with their animal qualities dominating," said Professor Natsume. "Fools playing with forces they don't understand."
"Yeah," said Akane, "I noticed."
"So this is Akane Tendo," said Professor Natsume. "I've met your sister."
"You've seen one?" Akane tried to stand up, which had her denting the roof of the van.
"Careful now, I can't afford repairs this month," cautioned Professor Natsume. "But yes - I've already used genetic reduction on one of your sisters. With two of you, I can reconstruct more of your original genetic data and return you even closer to normal. Your sister was originally at 47%, but now she's at a comfortable 12%."
"That's good," said Ranma with a nod. He said something else, but as he was sticking his head out the window again - the rest of it was unheard by his companions.
"Which one?" asked Akane, now more eager than ever to get to this lab.
(Posted Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:23)
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