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"To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer."
- Robert Heinlein
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| Homing Butterflies | ||
| Butterflies modified to accompany a purchased bouquet. |
| There is an outrageous bouquet of flowers on my desk, complete with miniature butterflies, the kind gen-modded to stay within a hand's length radius of the scent of the assigned homing flower and guaranteed to live for 72 hours, if you believe the advertising. |
| From Moxyland,
by Lauren Beukes. Published by Jacana Media in 2008 Additional resources -
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This would be handy for modern-day religious ceremonies as well. I seem to recall a passage in an ancient text regarding proper worship of the guru; the devotee should offer a "bouquet of flowers humming with bees" in the direction of their chosen deity.
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