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Bio3 生​化​人​简

from The Broken Cyborg, A Biopunk Fairytale (Fp2) by Paul Shapera

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Han Mi:

Thus one day a woman named Rebecca and a small, strange metallic rodent, a little meme, came and asked Xander if they could make them a child; a child made from the meme’s bioessence and Rebecca’s DNA, spliced together and placed in a robotic, flesh hybrid. Xander was thrilled to accept the challenge and pushed all other work aside for the next year. The wives moved to the shanty town and it was there that their daughter Jane, the little cyborg, was created.

The Little Cyborg grew up in the park and looked like a radically cyber enhanced human girl. She had originally been built with male attributes, but several weeks after becoming conscious, she informed her mothers that she was in fact a girl, and so Xander made the necessary adjustments. She bondly deeply with Xander, and spent most of her time helping them with their projects and surgeries, acting as eager assistant and trying to learn everything about the craft of bio manipulation that Xander was willing to teach.

One day, a skinny junkie came asking for a simple bio enhancement job when Xander was absent. The little cyborg knew she shouldn’t, but accepted the job and performed it quite admirably. The junky paid her with a pouch of sand. Upon seeing the sand, Xander insisted the girl get rid of it, but she secretly kept it as a momento.

Jane:

There’s a corner full of clutter, piles of burets and of notes
In the back of Zander’s tent and it’s the place I love the most
I like places with small spaces, I can read or watch them work
Solving puzzles of the body in our own sweet little world

And they let me help and teach me, we work straight into the night
In a world of wondrous science, full of puzzles and delight
And some times as we’re working, beads of sweat dripping like mad
They turn and smile at me and I love them like a dad

Here in my own little world
Here in my own little world

On the bed between my mothers, when the hours have gone low
In womb I never knew and it’s the place I love the most
And all the freaks around me, all the gorgeous cyber girls
Like my own sweet crazy family in our own sweet little world

And I love it all so dearly, and I fear to ever leave
And I’m scared of this big city that surrounds Zander and me
I’m scared of what lays out there, out beyond our precious pearl
And I’m scared that they will come and destroy our little world

Here in my own little world
Here in my own little world

One day when I was angry, screaming at my moms in rage
And I ran off in a tantrum swearing I would run away
I thought just once I’d leave the park, show that I could be brave
That I didn’t need nobody, that the world I could tame

And I stood there at the edge staring at the city cliffs
Looming, towering above me and I clenched my little fists
And after some odd minutes I just sat there and I cried
Then I turned around defeated and I went back with a sigh

Here in my own little world
Here in my own little world

Han Mi:

Over time the shanty town became a bit more closely guarded for its own protection. There was a palpable feeling in the air that this couldn't continue for much longer. Sooner or later the authorities were going to come crashing down. Everyone knew it. Everyone was right.

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from The Broken Cyborg, A Biopunk Fairytale (Fp2), released March 8, 2019
Featuring Liel Bar-Z

Narration by Psyche Corporation

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Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more

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