.." I said slowly. "You've dispersed your consciousness into acomputer."The boys nodded."Why?" I whispered.The hollow chorus of a voice rang out again... shaking me to my bones."WE WERE DYING. CANCERS CAUSED BY MUTAGENS RELEASED BY CIA IRREGULARSDURING THE KOREAN 3-DAY CONFLICT OF 2010. 1KM AIRBURST OVER THE VILLAGEIN WHICH WE HAD SETTLED OUR JRA CELL..."The voice paused. Sato had come to stand beside me as the Akaguchi wenton."WE RETURNED TO JAPAN AND FOUNDED THIS ENCLAVE WITH OUR LOVER,. One of the girls OD’d last night and another is recovering from an abortion. She should be back in a few days, but until then,’ He said standing and wrapping an arm around each of our shoulders, ‘I need you two to dance.’ Shuddering, I stepped away from Romeo and his greasy paws. At this point, I would do anything than let him touch me, and I think I preferred dancing to hooking tonight, especially since I just got back from vacation. ‘Fine,’ I said, grapping Johanna’s hand. ‘We’ll be ready in. I got in front of the mirror and took off my shirt. No, not to look at my newly gained muscles, although those were nice, I got to admit. No, the thing I wanted to see, wanted to admire, wanted to lovingly gaze at was my tattoo. Conclusive proof that yesterday hadn’t been a dream. Undeniable evidence that I had been elevated from the ranks of the countless ‘slotless’ on my first day as an Untethered. “Must be once in a generation event.” Frank had remarked, feigned jealousy in his tone. It was. Governments come and governments go. The only way to control humanities population was if we men were reengineered so that we would not overpopulate again. I started to relax a little more with the understanding that things were under control. The more I thought about it, the better I felt.Eventually they tried to force me to come by massaging my prostrate. I just clamped everything down. They eventually tried a needle into my testicles and they were shocked when it came up dry. I really did.