dʒˈɑːn sʌblˈaɪm wʌzɐ hˈoʊst fɚðə sʌblˈaɪm bæktˈɪɹiə, ɐ sˈɛnʃənt lˈaɪffɔːɹm bˈɪliənz ʌv jˈɪɹz ˈoʊld ðæt ɪnfˈɛktᵻd kˈaʊntləs spˈiːsiːz ænd sˈoʊd ɐɡɹˈɛʃən ænd kˈɑːnflɪkt tʊ ɛnʃˈʊɹ ɪts dʒɪnˈɛɾɪk dˈɑːmɪnəns, sˌoʊ ðæt nˈoʊwˈʌn spˈiːsiːz wʊd ˈɛvɚ biː hˈɑːɹdi ɪnˈʌf tʊ aʊtlˈæst ɪt.
John Sublime was a host for the Sublime bacteria, a sentient lifeform billions of years old that infected countless species and sowed aggression and conflict to ensure its genetic dominance, so that no one species would ever be hardy enough to outlast it.