> > > > Between the 'Wind in the Door' rip-off,
> > >
> > > What?
> >
> > Think "teeny-tiny organisms of mystical significance living inside people's cells".
>
> the teeny tiny things in people's cells in Wind in the Door were mitochondria, which actually
> exist in human cells. . . And they didn't give their host any magical powers. . .

Did I imagine the farandolae, then?

(It would explain why I can never remember how the word's spelt...)

Pa"I know about mitochondria already"ul