You're right. And as long as the castor is protected, the fonons shouldn't have any reason to stray away from one another either.

[And that way if the fonons did decide to go haywire and explode, the only person who would get hurt would be Ion -- there'd be little point in protecting him at that point, since without those fonons in his body, it would probably become unstable and break down anyway.]

...it's risky. But if it could work, it might be my only chance. As much as I don't want to admit it... I don't know how much longer my body can hold out for right now.