Technological achievements
Before we could build our civilisation inside our mother, we needed to create an electrical source and implement it in our mother. Two immediate problems with living in someone’s body is that there is no light and it’s hot. We needed an electrical source to power the lights and ventilators we needed to light up the body and regulate the temperature. We got to work on building an electrical grid. With so many of us working on it, we finished it in three days. Before we could turn on the power, we needed to set up the lights and ventilators in the stomach. It was a slower process as the high temperature in our mother’s body was difficult to handle. We had to wear heat-retardant suits and take shifts to avoid succumbing to the heat. Once we were done, me and the rest of the volunteers flew into our mother’s belly button. We implemented the grid into a flesh wall and connected it the lights and ventilators we set up in her stomach. A mere month of work and our mother’s stomach was completely lit up and at a temperate climate. Our mother was very happy. She praised us for our work, but we probably would not have done it without her since she gave us the best education. We have since implemented more electrical grids into other parts of the body or as back-ups for existing ones.
After we introduced electricity into our mother’s body, the next issue that needed to be resolved was the water supply. Extracting food from her stomach was easy, but there was no way to get pure water from her. All of the water that entered her stomach immediately mixed with the stomach acid. We thought “perhaps we can find other sources of water on her body and purify it.” The system works like this: We drive to our mother’s pores, harvest the sweat, return to the city and pour the sweat into our filtration system. The machines remove all of the minerals and metabolites from the sweat and it is transformed into pure H2O. We then transported the water to all of the cities in the body, providing them with safe and healthy drinking water. With the creation of this system, we had everything we needed to make our mother’s body habitable. Our siblings moved in en masse and set about building their homes and constructing a great civilisation.
I would say our greatest technological achievement was when our idea to prevent our mother from getting sick turned into something greater. To start this story, us Microputians are immune to viruses and diseases. Because we are so small, we can just barely perceive viruses which are invisible to the eyes of the other species. Our bodies are too small for them to seep into and infect. We are also able to touch them and kill them before they become a threat to others. We didn’t even know what viruses and diseases were until our mother explained them to us. To us, they were moving lines and shapes that frightened us when we were small children. We studied how these viruses worked so our mother would never get sick again. I wasn’t part of the process, so I’m only explaining what I’ve heard. Those of us who became scientists created artificial white blood cells to assist the white blood cells already in our mother’s bloodstream in preventing infection. Our mother hasn’t been sick in five years thanks to our efforts. If she were to fall ill, it would affect those of us living her body. These artificial white blood cells were trained to smell these viruses attack them on sight. The scientists took them out for a test run. They managed to track down a group of white blood cells fighting some rhinoviruses, a virus that can cause the common cold. Their creations were sent in and quickly tore up the rhinoviruses. The battle was won in minutes. As the scientists were documenting their data, they noticed the synthetic cells return to them. They acted in a friendly manner towards them, clearly showing a form of sentience and intelligence beyond the tasks they were created to perform. The cells were demonstrated to have a loving and loyal nature and followed the scientists wherever they went. It wasn’t too dissimilar from a creature our mother told us about called dogs. It was a scientific miracle! They created artificial life! The scientists were considering putting the cells into storage or disposing of them in case the materials they were made of would be harmful to our mother’s bloodstream, but after seeing their creations develop sentience, they couldn’t bring themselves to do either of those things. They returned home with the white blood cells and revealed them to the rest of the populace. Needless to say, these artificial white blood cells quickly became beloved among the populace. Since then, many more have been created and are given out at pet shops. The scientists have gained more information from studying their creations. They are unable to reproduce, don’t require food, water or sleep and they build trust and loyalty to towards people very quickly through touch. Their lifespans are currently unknown, but we will likely know in the future. Our species never had the luxury of pets before. Every other creature on the planet was bigger than us and was a threat to our lives. We own two cells. They are called Neuro and Nymph. My children utterly adore them and they make great companions for when I’m at work or at home. If there's one person who adores them the most, it's our mother, even though she can't see nor touch them. She can't stop gushing over them and hopes for a way to make them bigger so she can have one as a pet, too. They are still used to fight viruses, but they have been better trained and are equipped with armor. We’ve all grown attached to these little creatures and it would sadden us if they were to die at the hands of a virus.
After we introduced electricity into our mother’s body, the next issue that needed to be resolved was the water supply. Extracting food from her stomach was easy, but there was no way to get pure water from her. All of the water that entered her stomach immediately mixed with the stomach acid. We thought “perhaps we can find other sources of water on her body and purify it.” The system works like this: We drive to our mother’s pores, harvest the sweat, return to the city and pour the sweat into our filtration system. The machines remove all of the minerals and metabolites from the sweat and it is transformed into pure H2O. We then transported the water to all of the cities in the body, providing them with safe and healthy drinking water. With the creation of this system, we had everything we needed to make our mother’s body habitable. Our siblings moved in en masse and set about building their homes and constructing a great civilisation.
I would say our greatest technological achievement was when our idea to prevent our mother from getting sick turned into something greater. To start this story, us Microputians are immune to viruses and diseases. Because we are so small, we can just barely perceive viruses which are invisible to the eyes of the other species. Our bodies are too small for them to seep into and infect. We are also able to touch them and kill them before they become a threat to others. We didn’t even know what viruses and diseases were until our mother explained them to us. To us, they were moving lines and shapes that frightened us when we were small children. We studied how these viruses worked so our mother would never get sick again. I wasn’t part of the process, so I’m only explaining what I’ve heard. Those of us who became scientists created artificial white blood cells to assist the white blood cells already in our mother’s bloodstream in preventing infection. Our mother hasn’t been sick in five years thanks to our efforts. If she were to fall ill, it would affect those of us living her body. These artificial white blood cells were trained to smell these viruses attack them on sight. The scientists took them out for a test run. They managed to track down a group of white blood cells fighting some rhinoviruses, a virus that can cause the common cold. Their creations were sent in and quickly tore up the rhinoviruses. The battle was won in minutes. As the scientists were documenting their data, they noticed the synthetic cells return to them. They acted in a friendly manner towards them, clearly showing a form of sentience and intelligence beyond the tasks they were created to perform. The cells were demonstrated to have a loving and loyal nature and followed the scientists wherever they went. It wasn’t too dissimilar from a creature our mother told us about called dogs. It was a scientific miracle! They created artificial life! The scientists were considering putting the cells into storage or disposing of them in case the materials they were made of would be harmful to our mother’s bloodstream, but after seeing their creations develop sentience, they couldn’t bring themselves to do either of those things. They returned home with the white blood cells and revealed them to the rest of the populace. Needless to say, these artificial white blood cells quickly became beloved among the populace. Since then, many more have been created and are given out at pet shops. The scientists have gained more information from studying their creations. They are unable to reproduce, don’t require food, water or sleep and they build trust and loyalty to towards people very quickly through touch. Their lifespans are currently unknown, but we will likely know in the future. Our species never had the luxury of pets before. Every other creature on the planet was bigger than us and was a threat to our lives. We own two cells. They are called Neuro and Nymph. My children utterly adore them and they make great companions for when I’m at work or at home. If there's one person who adores them the most, it's our mother, even though she can't see nor touch them. She can't stop gushing over them and hopes for a way to make them bigger so she can have one as a pet, too. They are still used to fight viruses, but they have been better trained and are equipped with armor. We’ve all grown attached to these little creatures and it would sadden us if they were to die at the hands of a virus.
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June 8, 2023
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