Intruding Invisibility

When I was small I wanted to study viruses. I was intrigued by the ways virus reproduction results in the death of the infected cell. A virus typically uses the DNA of its host to replicate, essentially feeding–indeed living–off of the host until it is dead. Fascinating.

Then I met her. And suddenly I didn’t want to study viruses anymore.

Viruses often look sorta like Bloopers from the original Super Mario Bros., but more angular and mechanical and with a head shaped like an icosahedron rather than an arrow.

She was much prettier than that.