Book 5: Chapter 43
“Nanomachines?”
“That came across in, uh, what’s your language called? Anglish? No, English. That doesn’t match a word we have. Also what do you mean by ‘gray goo scenario?’ Hasn’t all the goo we’ve seen so far been black?”
“Right…” Kay started breaking down the concepts to make sure he go the information across. “’Machine’ obvious translates, right?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, does ‘nano’?”
The two women quickly glanced at each other then shook their heads.
“No.”
“This is interesting, I’ve never investigated language with an Outworlder before. I can hear what you’re saying, the noises of it, but I don’t know what the word means. It’s so easy to just fall in to knowing that the Outworlder you’re speaking to will understand you without thinking about them having their own language from another world.”
“Let’s not dive into that right now. Kay, what does ‘nano’ mean?”