Burton sighed. “Then we’re back where we started.” “Not quite. Because Jackson and the baby both survived. They didn’t hemorrhage—as far as we know—they survived untouched. Completely untouched.” “Meaning?” “Meaning that they somehow prevented the primary process, which is invasion of the organism into the vessel walls of the body. The Andromeda organism didn’t get to the lungs, or the brain. It didn’t get anywhere.”
