> > > Hearing no questions, Lucas plowed on. "We
> > > haven't been able to tell what causes the
> different degrees of Bonding
> >between a Venasian and non-Venasian, mostly
> because we don't have enough
> >test subjects. There are hundreds, thousands
> of possible variables just
> >with the Bond itself. Add onto that the
> Venasian open circulatory system,
> >which is a highly different system than
> > > ours. Theoretically, a 'true' Bond between
> a human and a Venasian just
> >isn't physiologically possible. However, this
> realignment of water and
> >magnetic fields do seem to have a dampening
> effect on our subject's medical
> >condition, which in this case is a
> degenerative
> > > neural disorder, while not actually
> affecting the normal function of the
> >body's organs or systems. In fact, the Bond's
> completely halted the
> >disease's progress. This isn't to say it's
> cured the disease; the disease
> >is still there. It's just... frozen."
> > >
> > Lasiter spoke up, "What would happen if
> the bond were to be broken to
> >such a subject? Actually, what would the
> effects be to both bonder and
> >bonded?"
>
> Lucas shrugged, mystified. "It's impossible to
> tell at this point. We've
> never seen a VHB before. I can tell you that a
> Venasian Bond can't be
> broken by the Bond-ed. Control of the Bond is
> exclusively in the hands of
> the Bond-er. There are safeguards in place, of
> course, in case the Bond is
> broken by reason of death, so that neither
> party suffers permanent trauma in
> that case."
"Thank you, doctor. Any other questions?" He said looking around the
room to encourage the others to ask any questions that they may have.
{response}
