Turn mesh tool curves (perfect) into path curves?

um heading says it all..
I created some lovely curves using 'envelope distort - mesh tool' & want to make it a path, cause i can't possible pen tool that perfection!
make me happy!

lyonbird,
As a more straightforward solution, you might consider using a Blend with specified steps between two paths (with corresponding Anchor Points), and expand it to get individual paths.

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