Eugene showed her a camera-crowded scanning pit and a pair of big, translucent assembler tanks. "We map out our various models here," said Eugene, "and this is how we do physical instantiation. This old classic," he patted the transparent wall of the tank, "is a laser-cured thermoplastic instantiator. Modern industrial standards passed her by some time ago. But we’re not industrial people here in the lab. We do artifice. Franz has worked some intriguing culturotechnical variations."