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Escape Pod 877: He Leaps for the Stars, He Leaps for the Stars

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Embryos in Stasis

Many people nowadays are born from gamete labs, Micah said gently. Did you know they held my embryo in stasis for 12 years? 99% of my germline mates are still stuck in production. Maybe it would be better if they just destroyed them, but I guess you don't delete old files until you run out of space. Management compressed my early development from three years into one. They said they were eager to see my potential. He joined the training program when he was four years old, biologically at least. There were thousands of other trainees in the program. By probabilistic luck and the irresistible forces of calibration and design, he floated to the top like pond m

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