“Why would humans want to shut down a project that would create life?”“Any advancement towards robotics can’t be fulfilled. At least ... that ...s the general consensus. It was unfortunate. Drazik died in 2229. It was one of the things he pushed forward hard to get no success,” he pointed to the screen. “These are the schematics of the artificial womb he designed.”“That is correct, Ericson. I have had time to analyze the design and have incorporated my own improvements. I believe that it is. I was a little uncomfortable about it all, but fought hard not to judge.“Sounds serious.” Her blue eyes twinkled when she said that and I relaxed a bit, relieved she at least had a sense of humor.“Oh, it was. I don’t feel like talking about it, though.”“Sure.” She cleared her throat. “What do you do for a living, Harper?”“I work in a shitty bookstore.”“What did you do before? What did you study in school?”I groaned because this was about to lead to what I didn’t want to talk about, but I. The first time I met a girl whom I thought was pretty, it was the initial night that I went to Cotillion. Yeah, that’s where I got the idea for writing about ‘Charles, Claire & Kalista.’It was 1964, and I was eight years old. The Cotillion was happening in the Knights of Columbus’s hall in our town on Tuesday nights. Two weeks after school was over - I was expected to put on my Sunday best; white shirt, black pants and tie – and was dropped off.Funny, now that I think about it. The boys were. We should have been writhing in agony overthis. However, no one I've ever talked to about this had any otherphysical sensation than the background tingling sensation all over theirbodies. Mental sensations, however, were varied depending on who youtalked to. For example, I was panicked, frightened, and just freakingout in general (as were most that first day). Physically, though, I wascompletely healthy... about as healthy as one can be when theytransition from one sex to another in the.