Hydrogel

In other words, it only existed as long as you supplied resources to it and removed excess materials, waste, from the reaction.

So you had a system which, like that water fountain, is persistent over time, Hydrogel was continually turning over like water in the water fountain.

But here's the thing, once you have a chemical system in this dynamic kinetic state, it has properties which are totally different to Matter in the inanimate world rocks.

You know, it's very sensitive to its environment.