Different terminology, he notes. <I'm no expert, but that doesn't look much like a salvageable situation.>

<As fast as the flesh changes,> Alloran says, talking about it as if it isn't his. <When in a particular morph I only heal as quickly as it does, but the morphing itself makes that irrelevant. If my brain is relatively intact and it's possible to focus, no injury matters. Not for long. The technology was developed for healing originally, I think. Then biologists took an interest.>