I smiled. "Don't bother them. I think I'm cured."
I froze. I’d seen the headlines on the newsfeed my daughter left open on my tablet. Halcyon Therapeutics. Gene editing. Retroviral re-sequencing. The FDA had stalled them six months ago. Something about 'unforeseen mutability.' lucky patient 1
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It wasn't just that I looked healthy. It was that I looked too healthy. My skin was perfect, poreless, like polished marble. My eyes, usually a muddy brown, were now a startling, electric violet. I’d seen the headlines on the newsfeed my