Ah, then it might be an old rule or something they aren't seeing. [ He added a note in a series of odd characters similar to those heading each point, and linked it around the sideways 8. ] If she didn't leave a note about what might happen, then there is a good possibility she doesn't know.

[ He tapped what he wrote down so far, his long fingers moving down the points even though he wasn't really seeing them. He was doing what he often did, connecting things in a way to see if a pattern came out from the chaos. Inside a pattern, would be a truth and from there it should lead to a better understanding. So far, this was still turning out to be mere speculation, but it was still fun.

He missed this after all. ]

Not exactly. I... [ He stopped and looked at Zhao Yunlan as he unwrapped and stuck that lollipop in his mouth. He could feel the tips of his ears burning as he he had a visual reminder of just how wicked that mouth could be and immediately looked back at his notes. ]

I know of a few instances where mutations happened rapidly in organisms in order to protect against sudden imbalances. Though I believe most of the adaptation is through the build up of antibodies inside the blood stream. There is also the mitochondria DNA and it's effect on the cell structure.