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They don’t like anything that

doesn’t come directly from the

Primer as written. They don’t

like anything that suggests a

deviation from what OCTA

expects us to become.

Because if OCTA has

the technological power

to make us—

—then they must know

what is best.

Better than we know ourselves.

Yes.

Idiots.

Yes. But there’s a lot of them,

so everybody else unfortunate

enough to get into politics

has to compromise with their

coalition in order for the gears

to turn even slightly. Hence—

No calving for Colibri, and an

old jam jar for you.

Exactly.

Because genetic drift is not part

of the plan. You have to make

the exact same petunias that

OCTA gave us and not petunias

with medicine in them—

—because that leads somewhere

unpredictable, yes.