Ariella immediately began treating Rani as the others watched with bated breath. Somewhere along the way, Shrihan arrived after Ariella informed him of what was happening.
He was visibly concerned, but his father reassured him that his mother was fine. In an apocalyptic society with few resources, Zara kindly gave her blood, a rare luxury.
She would get weak from the blood loss and require a substantial amount of food to regain her strength. If correctly rationed, the food supplies in the vessel may endure for months, if not years.
As the medical pod hummed to life, their awe increased. From within, tiny robots swarmed like a coordinated army over Rani's wounds. They could tell this was not standard technology, but a dense fog obscured the operation, hiding the finer points of the healing process. They couldn't comprehend it; it was something that shouldn't be in this world. The mystery surrounding Ariella and Theo grew.