Sighing, Zaphreal listened with dependence to the conference. Held bi-annually as a way to share progress and keep the company on track. It had rolled over once again.
'I really wished I could convince them not to give their demonstration...' Zaphreal thought, resting his head in his right hand as he grimaced at what was to follow. Luckily, he had already talked with Eldrian. The anomaly that he is, should rather stay far away from this.
"Our initial attempts were rather simple. We aimed to enhance a diverse group of microbes, be they bacteria, fungi, archaea, or protists." They had left viruses alone, at least at temporarily. Their first goal was using fungi, then archaea. Bacteria and protists were later attempts after gaining (moderate) success in the former two.
Zaphreal knew this all. Thanks to Julius, he was well informed about what the two presenting their findings had been up to.