"Oh yes, definitely," lied Ritsuko Akagi.
"Uh huh," said Ranma. "So what are you exactly doing here? One of yer techs explained this but all that technical mumbo-jumbo was over my head."
"Rei 131 is your primary slave, and she has the skillset of Chinese Amazon," said Ritsuko. "You've had her for some time, and you've seen what her skills are like."
"Yeah, mainly that she's got some martial arts skills and can cook. It's just that she makes stuff that's kinda bland," said Ranma. She'd learned to fix large portions though - so he couldn't complain too much in that regard. It wasn't like his Pops would give him time to savor any food anyway.
"Well, the Rei units tend to be vegetarians with a delicate digestive system," said Ritsuko. "You don't want to be around one that's eaten beef or a lot of pork products, corn on the cob, and so on."
"Oh, I know about that," said Ranma with definite feeling. "Man, that was pretty horrible."
"Essentially 'food poisoning' symptoms, yes," said Ritsuko. "Well, we've been making some progress in that area and this treatment will improve her digestion slightly so she can make less bland food. Keep her away from the harder-to-digest foods still but she should be better in that regard."
"Okay," said Ranma. "What about HER?"
"Maya will be yours to use however you deem fit," said Ritsuko, stopping before the second tube. "We're using her to test some other alterations."
"She's a clone like Rei?" asked Ranma.
"Oh no, she's natural born," said Ritsuko. "Still, our project DID start out as GEHERN. Which, as you know, stood for 'Genetic Engineering Human Enhancement Retroactive Nanotech' - and what we have here is further experimentation in that field."
"So what's this all do?" asked Ranma, not losing sight of his earlier question.
"We noticed that when you were training your Rei that she wasn't exactly cooperative," said Ritsuko. "She also has few skills useful to you in your travels. This will change."
"And what about THIS?" asked Ranma, pointing at a display.
"Oh that," said Ritsuko. "That's just-"
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