Family Heritage

       Tonight we're having my Mom's spaghetti, its one of the best things she makes. Its better than ice cream...its that good.

Here's today's story and I look forward to any comments. Feel free to email me!

Family Heritage

        A winged man with three eyes and a lizard's tail sat in front of a big machine in a bright hospital room. The chair he sat in was very expensive, the hospital wanted to make sure he was comfortable while he made his decisions. The doctor had already left the room to give the man his privacy.

        He poked the touch screen on the computer to turn it on. He entered his password on the machine and swiped his credit card.

        “Please enter name of child and select gender.” the machine told him. His lizard tail twitched and his wings fluttered. He had been waiting for this moment for quite some time. He entered “Charlotte” and pushed the “female” option. The machine gave out a pleasant hum when the man used it. More options appeared on the next screen. Buttons, scroll bars, sliders and piles and piles of menus. He liked the all the options as he wanted to make sure his child came out exactly as he wanted her.

        He thought for a moment about what traits he wanted his daughter to have. He selected a wonderfully bright shade of blonde and dark green eyes that resembled a leaf hidden in the shadows. He thought for another minute. Then he used the various scroll bars to give her a skin color that matched a milky, sun-baked tan. He liked the preview of his daughter in the upper left corner of the screen. Though right underneath it was a disclaimer saying that the sample won't match the child exactly.

        A long time ago the government made natural births illegal as that could lead to genetic disorders that could harm future children. The majority of society agreed as now they had the technology to create whatever kind of children the parents desired with no risk of genetic problems. Humanity also improved children, intelligence, strength, immune systems and so many other things were enhanced to make better people. The average lifespan of a person passed one hundred and fifty many years ago. The man at the machine reached 82 years of age a few months ago without a single wrinkle or health problem. He never even had the flu.

        His tail sagged onto the ground. He fiddled with his feathers, it was a nervous habit of his he had ever since he was little. His parents nagged him about it because sometimes he would pull one of his feathers out. His mother loved his silky white wings. His wife called him an angel because of them.

        He did his best to give his daughter a wonderful body. He gave her his angel wings and his wife's pointy ears. There was a saying that kids with cat tails did better in school. The man doubted very little in his life, so he gave his daughter a thin, black cat tail.

        While he customized his daughter he thought of the fact some poorer countries still had natural births. He pitied those children. The random shuffling of DNA made such weak people. How could any loving parent let that happen? When the man was young he was shocked to learn that people could come from places different than the Bio-Tanks at the hospital.

        He then pushed the “Finished” button on the screen with a smile. Now he just had to wait a week for his daughter to finish developing in the Bio-Tank. Though he knew that customizing his child hadn't ended yet. Once she was born he needed to bring her to a Conditioner psychologist to make sure she had the personality he wanted. If he didn't regularly bring her to one then she could become a delinquent. He still had difficulty imagining all the other places where there were still natural births and the fact that there used to be only natural births. He feared what kind of monstrosity he could have become if his parents had him naturally born.