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The next day went pretty much the same way. Tests for Lizzy and cultural catching-up for Mark (The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, Good Will Hunting, and Pulp Fiction). When it was time to call it a day, Max showed Lizzy a prototype that they had been working on before she went upstairs to get Mark.
“It looks like a regular sports glove,” she said, looking at it.
“That’s the idea,” Max was obviously happy to hear it. “We don’t want people to think that they are looking at a weapon.”
“Is that what it is? A weapon?”
“Of sorts, sure. It’ll be using your blood to destroy the virus.”
“How will it work? I’ll just wear it and what will happen next?”
“The idea is for you to use it without spilling your blood literally, but sending impulses that destroy the virus even through glass. Provided, it’s not bulletproofed, of course.”
“I don’t think I understand that.”
“It sounds a bit science fiction, I know,”
“A bit?”
“You’re right,” Maz laughed. “It sounds a lot like science fictions, but we believe that we’ve found a way to use your blood unique qualities and transform them into, sort of, waves that could penetrate the virus coat, or membrane, split it apart and eventually destroy its molecular compounds. The glove generates the wave and sends it, together with your blood, to do its job.”
“So, hypothetically speaking, someone will have a vial with my blood connected to this glove and do the job.”
“I wish it was that easy. As things stand now, I’m afraid it only works if you wear it. It must be connected to you.”
“Like Ironman’s reactor,” Lizzy said, still looking at the glove. “The proof that Tony Stark has a heart.”
Max’s face lit up.
“It’s more like a repulsar, but you get the gist,” he said.
“So, this is Mark I47 we’re working on, right?” Lizzy asked.
“Well technically, this particular prototype is Mark II, if we use that logic. It “flies” well, but it needs a pilot to navigate it.”
“That would be me.”
“Correct.”
“Ok, so, when are we going to take this baby for a spin48?”
“We’ll do it tomorrow.”
“Big day, huh?” Lizzy said and gave the glove back to Max. “Should I eat something special or starve myself before the test?”
“Have your regular breakfast. We need to tune49 the glove to all possible situations.”
On the way back home, Lizzy suggested Mark watch all