Chapter 10 Excerpt – Shared DNA

Dear Simone

It was great to hear you had visitors, and could even let them in.

To answer some of your questions: ‘yes’. Yes, there is DNA from more than one alien, and—before you ask—yes, they were all girls and from one family. Good call, by the way.

We were even able to note that there were at least two DNA profiles that didn’t make it out of your room—and those were the samples you got back into their bags, but not before they infected you. Thing is, we found particles throughout the slime moulds. It was like the slimes shared bits and pieces without sharing a whole strand, but because we weren’t looking for individual strands, we missed that the pieces came from different sources.

Well, now we know.

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