Nanite-enhanced augmented water of vim?

``Ladies and gentleman,'' the salesman began as the crowd slowly thronged about him, ``allow me to introduce you to the most wonderful drink ever made. Nanite-enhanced augmented water of vim! The only bottled water in the world that comes with sophisticated nanites that provide enhanced cellular mechanisms, improving the immune system tremendously and helping your digestive system extract even more energy out of the foods that you are currently eating. But! These nanites are also intelligent enough to determine if your energy requirements are already met---if they are, they will automatically readjust the chemical composition of the food that you eat into something indigestible, thus allowing you to eat as much as you want without having to worry about your weight!''

``The nanite enhanced augmented water of vim is fortified with fifty-four different essential minerals and vitamins in addition to the patented nanites, and has been shown scientifically to drastically improve your health! Buy a six-pack today for the low low price of only twenty four dollars! That's almost four dollars a bottle, but can you really place a price on your body's health? I don't think so!''

Shulin stood near the counter, listening to the spiel, and wondering to herself if anything that the salesman said made any sense. Technology was so advanced these days, and therefore many things that were once thought impossible are merely difficult now. She didn't quite understand what he meant by ``nanites'', but it sounded like something very well-engineered in her mind. As she contemplated about the drink, the other middle-aged women who were crowding the small station were slowly pushing their way forward to get a six-pack. Some of them were even remarking that such a powerful water was definitely going to be useful for their poor children who were facing an ever-increasing competitive socieity.

Something just didn't quite add up in her mind, but Shulin couldn't figure out what it was. Nanites. That word stuck to her strongly. She knew she had heard of that word before, but it was on a memory so vague she wasn't even sure if it was a memory.

Nanites. Nanite-enhanced.

A flood of memories suddenly came to her all at once and she staggered backwards a little, confusing some of the jostling patrons of the supermarket.

Shulin remembered where she had heard the term.

It was from the work of a friend of hers, a researcher. And the main point that he had tried to drill into her poor head over that rather long tea session was this:

Nanites have no business being in the body.

(Based on an exercise generated by WriteThis - 05-Apr-2014 00:38:12)