Whatever filters the vampires had devised and whatever barriers they'd put up, the local light didn't burn the skin unless it could get at it through a physical obstacle. A dense veil was a prerequisite. With creams, on which a certain hope was placed, nothing worked. To keep the skin from burning, it had to be covered with a layer of light-tight material.
- Thinking about them further. No success. Decompose the light into components in the prism, but we get only a scattering of the striking effect.
- That's a shame.
- It's a shame when the kids look like the neighbor! And we are working!
- Okay, - Eugene waved his hand, - Except for painkillers and antibiotics, what about the rest of the drugs?
- We'll finish the tests in the next few days. There will be a full range of pharmacy drugs. We don't need them, but the locals are understandably bad with it. The plan is to reduce the cost of production. Then we'll switch to synthesizing new materials. First, simple and familiar ones like polyethylene and various plastics, then more exotic ones. There are plans for artificial skin to mimic our own and protect us from demur, and a number of other projects. So far, we are limited only by our imagination, and given the rich knowledge of our native world, we will continue to be limited only by it.
- Have they abolished the rule of non-interference? - Gennady's voice was full of sarcasm.
- No. No, they haven't. But I see one of my tasks as Science and Magic Advisor as not only creating the new, but also preserving the old. If we're ever going to have children, we need to pass on as much knowledge to them as possible. And you could thank me for my plans to develop cheap methods of production! You're being sarcastic!
- And by the way, what about the children? - asked Konstantin, who had been frankly bored before.
- No changes, - the girl switched her attention from Gennady, who made a guilty face, to the questioned triumvir, - They are not growing. So far, everyone is observing the ban on changing their bodies. Only Artem, rages sometimes, but he does not try to break the order, realizing that alone he can not cope with the metamorphosis of the body.
- How long are we going to torture them? - Eugene's question was meant for Konstantin, but Maria answered again.
- I think until spring. Everything will just fall into place and will be finally clear. And we will have time to work out for them methods of normal increase in body size. Proportional growth of bones and all internal organs is a more difficult task than changing the shape of ears or nose.
About other parts of the body, the girl tactfully kept silent, but it was enough to make the men present smiled lewdly.
- So, Masha! We don't keep you any longer. We expect to receive from you a batch of medicines for internal use. Gennady, too, I think, got answers to many of his questions....
The economic advisor and the science advisor bowed synchronously and left the office without a word. During a year of living in the new world, its rules and habits penetrated more and more into the life of vampires. Six months ago, such a thing as bowing was unthinkable, but now it has become a commonplace thing, even in the absence of outside observers. The Triumvirs, left alone and looking longingly at the unfinished game of cards, gathered the deck. Time to work!
- Do you think we should send a messenger to Sasha?
- Why not? It won't be any worse. - Eugene scratched his nose, - We're sitting here cut off from information and wondering how things are going there....
- We should buy artifacts for instant communication.
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