Comment by Traubenfuchs

How do obelisks fit in with commonly known forms of life?

We all understand cells/bacteria and their interaction with viruses: Viruses infect cells and make them into virus factories…

What do obelisks do? Are they integrated / read by DNA machinery/organells into cells that then produce more obelisks?

What‘s their life cycle?

How are they different from alread known viroids?