NanoshipDeep in the Nana laboratories under the cliffs of Telluride, Colorado, Anton Leighton became puzzled as he watched the nanotech machines reported in his computer screen. He was conducting a routine sweep of the laboratory rooms to make sure no nanotech had inadvertently fallen, crawled, or otherwise escaped their sealed containers. His screen, reflecting a signal now sent through this room, reported two unidentified nanotech machines very close to him.
“All right, guys, where are you?” Anton muttered, tapping his keyboard to engage the ultrasound and infrared light signals his system used to communicate with its nanotech. The machines did not respond, but the screen reflected their environment: They were floating down a curving tube, large in relation to them, on a powerful, pulsi
