[ oh. oh. as he talks, her expression sobers up completely. what he describes it a total nightmare. and it's a nightmare that she's somewhat familiar with. her father may not have had cancer, but his als had come on fast and didn't let up off the gas. she was young, but she can remember everything her parents did to try and slow it.

and she knows now the lengths he went to cure himself. and to fix her. ]

When you don't feel like you have anything left to lose, you take the risks. They don't always pan out. So what was this, genetic experimentation?