Chapter 6 - The 'immortal' CeCe-40

The Life Story of a Cell

“Cece-38—oh no. Now Lance-38 will be disappointed,” Cece-40 said.

I blinked. She’d mentioned Lance-38 before — a stem cell who started as an embryonic cell but later reprogrammed himself to serve the Liver. Why had I instinctively assigned Lance-38 a gender? I had no idea.

“Why would Lance-38 be disappointed?” I asked.

Here it comes, Yin muttered. More ste…