... ever shared the burden with one person. All the while she couldn't help but wonder if their attempts to create life where none existed were a fool's errand.
... lost while developing the artificial womb. That had been a trial in itself.
Ophelia logged the death date. Age 29 days. She waited until a few hours later, after Gwenn had woken up and eaten, before breaking the news. It was time to dispose of the remains, and she'd only ...
... excessive growths like tumors--she had to terminate the experiment.
Today, she woke up with a bad feeling. In the lab, she found their clump floating lifelessly in amniotic fluid, having succumbed to its fate overnight. That made their 7th failure, not including those ...
Its growth accounted for all possibilities when binding aberrant DNA. So, Ophelia monitored the artificial womb with anxiety. It was her duty to make hard calls. When she identified severe abnormalities--malformed heart valves, brains without cerebrums, failed growths, or ...
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When growing an embryo there was a recurring problem: so few survived the first 30 days. Ophelia dubbed this phase the watching period, and spent it immensely paranoid. It wasn't enough to grow a clump of cells, it had to be a sufficiently *healthy* clump.
The snowfall is a sheer sheet of blinding white so dense that it's impossible to see beyond Kit. As far as Ophelia's concerned, the rest of the world has ceased to exist. On the upside, she can't see high how they've climbed or how far they'll fall. Gravity's a cage best...
kit did surprisingly well in severe weather conditions, running around the woods for most of their life probably had its benefits. from the burning sun to the freezing cold, the hunter remained by ophelia's side without complaint... even if the climb made them feel sore.
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...endured with your head up.
Ophelia wastes no time climbing in after Kit. It's not an ideal shelter but it will serve them well. Her fingers have gone stiff with frost, and peeling away the three layers of gloves is especially tedious. At least with the Traveler's Light, no...