“That’s what the research you’ve been funding was for?”
“Partly. That and other lines of enquiry similar to your own. None have paid off so far. But yours… yours could truly solve the problem for us.”
“That’s why you want to fund me? So you can end up growing human parts to eat?”
She felt sick at the idea, even as she reminded herself the parts she grew weren’t human as in having grown as part of a person.
“Partly. We would certainly want you to continue with the medical side of it of your research as well. While that would not benefit us directly, what you have achieved is truly phenomenal and should continue. I guess you could call what we get out of your research a side benefit.”
“This… I don’t… this is just too much. I need time to think about something like this.”
“Time i
