| Elizabeth McCoy ( @ 2006-07-14 11:41:00 |
| Entry tags: | drabble, fic, new_garaverse |
SH Drabble: Little Beginnings
SH Drabble: Little Beginnings
Dr. Jones considered the data display's rotating holograms. "High intelligence. Stability. Curiosity... and this brain-structure, yes." Personality was only trends, of course, but the brain structure promised something interesting.
She started work on her second daughter.
Nine months later, Minerva peered at her newborn sister. "She looks like a lab rat."
"Yes, dear," Circe said absently. "It's pigment suppression, though, not traditional albinism."
"Can't you fix it?"
"I'll have to research possible interactions with virus-dyes first. Besides, this is Byte. She's not going to get a sunburn in a dome."
Minerva sulked and wished she were offworld, scouting with dad.