Cloning is essentially creating perfect genetic copies of already living beings. The essential gist of it is starting from the ground up — usually, to clone a creature, you would have to start at its creation, and then allow that being to develop naturally through its lifespan. They've successfully cloned sheep and dogs using surrogate mothers; they haven't exactly cloned humans yet, but I'm sure someone will sooner or later. Which... even I've got my limits, there.
No thanks, I like being the only me on my planet.
... That said, the aliens we're talking about had a much more sophisticated cloning process. They could create multiple clones at a much faster rate, and they don't have to look the same — they're just made of the same materials. Like — like how a woodmaker can make a dozen tables out of the same kind of wood.
[After that nightmarish science lesson, he says, very pleasantly:]
I'd love to hear more about this 'alchemy' business, though.
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No thanks, I like being the only me on my planet.
... That said, the aliens we're talking about had a much more sophisticated cloning process. They could create multiple clones at a much faster rate, and they don't have to look the same — they're just made of the same materials. Like — like how a woodmaker can make a dozen tables out of the same kind of wood.
[After that nightmarish science lesson, he says, very pleasantly:]
I'd love to hear more about this 'alchemy' business, though.