in the tunnels? Why didn't it go after the stuff
on the surface? And, why hasn't it attacked any of the gaskets on the
pod or the ship?"
160 "Easy," put in the Doctor, "it must take it a great deal of effort
to attack the gaskets, to digest them. It's found a much easier food
source, and I don't think it takes just sugar. I've been restudying my
readings on the
bodies, taking into account your theory. There's also minute
deficiencies of enzymes that an organic creature would need, but that a
disease wouldn't. There's one thing that's worrying me."
161 "What's that?" asked Morn.
162 "In all the readings I've taken, both male and female, there's a
noticeable drop in those hormones necessary for reproduction."
163 "Reproduction?" thought Morn. "By The Lords Of Hades, I never
thought of that! Reproduction!" He said nothing, however, to the
others. For now it was a fear only that he and the Doctor would share.