Questions... Morphology? Longevity? Incept dates?
(The facts of life... to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.)
Why not?
(Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies, like rats leaving a sinking ship; then the ship... sinks.)
What about EMS-3 recombination?
(We've already tried it - ethyl, methane, sulfinate as an alkylating agent and potent mutagen; it created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before it even left the table.)
Then a repressor protein, that would block the operating cells.
(Wouldn't obstruct replication; but it does give rise to an error in replication, so that the newly formed DNA strand carries with it a mutation - and you've got a virus again... but this, all of this is academic. You were made as well as I could make you.)
But not to last.
(The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize!)
I've done... questionable things.
(Also extraordinary things; revel in your time.)
Nothing the God of the Bible wouldn't let you into heaven for.
(Would you... like to be upgraded?)
I had in mind something a little more radical.
(What... what seems to be the problem?)
Death.
(Death; ah, well that's a little out of my jurisdiction. You...)
I want more life, fucker.
If we are your so-called 'God's ultimate 'creation', then he's a far shittier 'intelligent' designer than Tyrell in the film "Blade Runner".
Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special. No termination date. I didn't know how long we had together... Who does?
'Free offer! God's Unconditional* Love!'
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