"I believe so." She moves her arm again. "I believe it continues to. I will have to incorporate an off-switch. Sloppy."

She has not built in the self-powering theorems, anyway, extracted from the larger theorem for regenerating bone. "It will use up its supply of thanergy and I will return to a pile of ash, but the location of the ash pile should be indicative."

She rubs her elbow; her right arm is clearly tender.