“That is a bit of a puzzle,” Pal admits. It’s always irritating when a perfectly formed theory has such glaring flaws, but that is the nature of science. He rubs the bridge of his nose. “There is clearly some minor amount of cell activity allowed by the Captain’s molecular stasis. Violent trauma, in particular, can still lead to a breakdown in the body’s responses, and eventual death.”

Pal drums his fingers against the counter, his gaze a little distant. “Yes, it may be better to say that cell death and growth is significantly reduced. Our hair grows, we can digest our food, acute trauma can still lead to expected necrosis. But taken on the whole, and averaging out all processes of a living organism…I feel confident in hypothesizing that we are not aging.”