Nanite transfusions?, Care to swap a little lymph? Options

[Saint Sithney]

So a nanohive acts as a safe haven which allows nanites to replicate, but is otherwise not needed for nanites to function. Many of the nanite systems are 0-Essence-cost bonuses which can be enjoyed in multitudinous flavors and grades. Without the nanohive, the grades diminish at a rate of 1 point per week.

But what if you didn't need the nanohive in you? What if you just siphoned enough nanites from another character's nanohive to keep yours from degrading? Weekly injections. Say someone else had a rating 2 hive and only one nanite colony? That hive should, theoretically, be able to produce enough fresh nanites for an additional person. Naturally, you'd need a Type-O host to produce the extra nanites for transplantation.
What if you went even further though? What if you got, say, gen-engineered pig without cell markers or something? Type-O pork. If you had an animal to act as a host, you could stuff the bastard full of nanites and then just milk the machines from its freakish nanohive glands.

Does this idea break everything? You betcha. Is it viable or realistic? Probably.