Inanimate Beings - Seres inanimados
Inanimate Beings He had discovered it by chance. In his research with animals, one morning in the laboratory, he noticed that a substance he had developed to test its effect on the cure of Roemer's disease changed colour to a crimson tone when he approached the cage in which he had the mice he was using in his experiments. When he distanced himself from them, the substance regained its original white colour. There was no precedent that there could be any interaction between living beings and inanimate matter. Intrigued by the discovery, he thought of checking it in another adjoining laboratory where there were several aquariums with different types of fish. He proceeded in the same way and observed that when he was approaching the aquariums, the colour of the material slowly turned into an emerald green. But after handling that substance without precaution, he observed that not only did it change colour, but so did the skin on his hands. He was startled and thought he was unde...