05-25-2015, 04:39 PM
"Mistakes happen," Costanzo said in an attempt to remove blame from Han-jae. "He's not the first one this happened to and he won't be the last. Breeders are highly vulnerable to infection, especially without protective gear in areas of contamination. Piras picked up an infection downstairs. We were able to treat it, but it was an aggressive strain and the bloody madness already reached the fetuses. We had to terminate his pregnancy."
The man cleared his throat and looked back at Piras through the window. "The cosmetics team slimmed him back down and he'll be ready for new insemination in a few hours once we're sure the infection is completely cleared from his system. After any serious trauma for a soldier or breeder-- though soldiers suffer it more after coming off the battlefield-- it is standard procedure to use electroshock therapy to eliminate any short-term memory of the trauma. Piras will have memories of Briggs, but all pre-affectionate bond. As far as Piras knows, Briggs was lost on the battlefield and he miscarried due to a genetic glitch resulting from an error in the computer that makes matches. Do you understand all of this?"
The man cleared his throat and looked back at Piras through the window. "The cosmetics team slimmed him back down and he'll be ready for new insemination in a few hours once we're sure the infection is completely cleared from his system. After any serious trauma for a soldier or breeder-- though soldiers suffer it more after coming off the battlefield-- it is standard procedure to use electroshock therapy to eliminate any short-term memory of the trauma. Piras will have memories of Briggs, but all pre-affectionate bond. As far as Piras knows, Briggs was lost on the battlefield and he miscarried due to a genetic glitch resulting from an error in the computer that makes matches. Do you understand all of this?"
"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly.