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- DNA…? - Ninork repeated her last word. But said it so strangely, that Feather turned her head and looked at him with silent question.
- You are familiar with this term?
- Somewhat.
He sounded hesitant, she could hear it in his voice.
- May be, one day, I will tell you in details, what do I know about DNA. I did some research. I had to find out the truth. But not today.
Feather nodded:
- Fine.
- However, I have never heard about storing information in it! Please tell me more!
- Not here and not now. We have to figure out how to depart from the building without being traced. I am sure, they are watching your car, like a hawk. I do know another way out of here. Follow me!
It took them only few minutes to get dress and when they exited invisible cube, light outside was so bright, that Ninork could not help, but sneeze. And he smiled, because he already knew, that that sneezing thing, apparently, was also coded in his DNA, as he recently find out. Same as in DNA of his ancestors. Same sequencing of gens.
He never before was transported in Funeral car. Thankfully, Circus crew was using this old bit up black car to carry requisite for their performances. Windows were covered in smiley faces, inside of it was filled out with colorful balloons that bounced around, and big rolls of decorations and old advertising posters.
Two armed people stopped the car, and asked juggler Jules roll down the window. He did, and two of the balloons happily escaped outside.
- My balloons!! O God!! You are setting them free! What will I say to my little son? It’s his birthday present!! – Jules yelled, dramatically pulling hair on his head.
- We must search every car. – One of the man squeezed his head inside, by turning it sideways. Jules, accidently, for sure, rolled window up , and guy screamed bloody murder:
- Open it up, son of a gun!
- Yes, yes, the gun! Your gun making me nervous! – Jules was trying to roll window down, but, instead, it went up again.
Second man was trying to help to his buddy, at same time threatening Jules with gun. Finally, when first guy was set free, they opened driver doors, trying to grub Jules by his collar, but balloons … they were escaping. So do a sleek juggler. Screaming, like if he already being shot, he was running away from the old car and two of his offenders.
Consumed by incident, two man haven’t noticed, how small silver Honda quietly passed behind them. They saw a tail lights, but that’s about yet – no numbers, no model, no precise color of the car, they could not recognize.
- I am glad, we were not there, in this car! – Laughed Ninork. – At first, I thought, you will make me to crawl there, under balloons! I don’t think I would feel very comfortable in it!
- Jules is so good, in distracting people, he know how to improvise things! I knew, he will keep them busy.. Somehow!
Feather was keep looking through a back window, making sure, that no one following them. No one did.
40 minutes later they arrived to small community of tiny houses on the wheels that belonged to some strange looking people. Artists, sculptors, wedding cake decorators, even wine makes.. That’s what explained him Feather.
- Where are we? – He ask her, while looking at unfamiliar faces.
- Have you ever heard about Sh’Bang?
- I have heard the name, but never attended one.
- Well, this is where it is held every year, in the fall. Lookout Arts Quarry. Place of eclectic festival, Circus extravaganza, outrages shenanigans, international shadow performances, sunrise floating dock dance party, Whimsical workshops and many more fun things. But now, in the winter time, we are absolutely safe here. No visitors, and authority’s not bothering no one. Many of my friends live here year around. We will be staying in that Yurt.
Both of them were exhausted! It was too much of commotion, even for such an adventurous people, like those two. After light dinner, they laid on the rugs by the fire, tightly holding each other. Finally, for a brief time, they could take a break, be silent. Listen the wind outside and how snow slighting down the leather roof with ingratiating sound.
- How it been encoded in you? – Obviously DNA subject was on Ninorks mind all this time.
- I can explain some. Actually, it’s no secret anymore, as it was done in one of the leading genome institutes and wasn’t kept secret/ DNA is ideal storage medium. It proven to be successful for over 3 billion years. Very compact, and, unlike most of storage systems, it will not become obsolete. Any time soon. Basically, what was done is 6 different files were encoded onto four base nucleotide s of just 2 megabytes of synthetic DNA. Those files were: 50 second movie, a photograph, a computer system, a computer virus, a scientific research paper, and an Amazon gift card. They used sequencing technology to decipher the DNA strands and retrieve the original files without any error. Incredible capacity! 215 petabytes of data can be storage on one gram of DNA.
Ninork was familiar with some of the terms, but the whole picture, that Feather presented to him just in few words, whole picture of possibilities and different venues, that he can go and make some serious money! Those were a mind blowing perspectives. Cold storage, heated storage – nothing in comparing with new method of storage. He was an inventor-entrepreneur himself. He knew, how to think ahead of time.
- Then, if this is already being done and published, why all those people are after you?
- That was done on synthetic DNA. In my case, it was encoded on human one, encoded directly into my own DNA. They are not after method itself. They are after that information that was encoded. Which can become life-saving, or opposite, life threatening for entire population of our planet. And – completely re-structure society itself. As you have heard already, some of the politicians are making first steps to change all the existing systems of governing the population. But they need me alive, as I am only one, who know how to decipher it correctly. Avalanche was set by someone else, who do not care about my safety. I must find out, who are those people, who tried to kill me.