> > > > > 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

nope, you didn't, but they're real too. if i recall from HS biology, they assist in moving oxygen molecules into the mitochondria.