Ethan Young

[Vonapier]

"Well something strange has happened as of lately. Sometimes i understand things...know things i cannot possibly know, yes. But how am i related to this program?"

[Chris Chandler]

((not ignoring, trying to formulate the appropriate answer to this question.))

[Chris Chandler]

Adomas nods.

Interesting... most interesting. It seems that many of the talents we have found reside in the subconcious. It would also seem that our work has proven to be more effective than the сверхновая program could realize.

Adomas pauses.

You are our biological child, that is, our genetic material is in you, but you started off your... trip, so to speak, not in your mother's womb, but in a test tube. We... doctored some of your DNA. We noted some genetic markers where manifestations of talent can be isolated, and we switched some of those markers... "on" so to speak. We didn't actually know if anything would come of it, and, being the first generation we'd not know for many years. That was before the Soviet collapse, you understand, and we were in great danger, knowing what we did, so we left amidst the chaos, and started a new life here in the United States, but in order for the three of us to live we were forced to put you up for adoption. It was the hardest decision that we have ever made.

[Vonapier]

Stunned.....

I pause for a minute to let it all soak in.

one at a time. one at a time. one at a time.

"So how did i turn out?"

What the F&#$ am i supposed to say?

(I look around the room to see what kind of people my "parents" are.)

[Chris Chandler]

Adomas laughs,

I believe you turned out just fine.


The front room is really a library of sorts. You see about 10 recessed bookshelves instead of pictures or wallpaper. Every shelf is stacked to overflowing with all sorts of books. You note that the hallway was similar. All the walls are bookshelves. The room is clean, but cluttered, with a pile of three or four books here and there, there is a laptop on the coffee table, and built within one of the bookshelves is what looks like a workstation with an oversized LCD monitor in the place of an actual television. The floors are hardwood, and the furniture looks well-worn, but in good repair. Instead of an overhead light there are a number of lamps throughout the room.

[Vonapier]

"Well with these test tube experiments, aren't you afraid of making like the hulk or something?"

i pick up a book and leaf through the pages just to leaf through them as i listen.

[Chris Chandler]

Adomas shakes his head, holds up his hand, and stands up.

No no no. It isn't like that. There is already the capacity for such talent in... mosthumans. It is what you might call... hidden, yes? You see, your talent would have been with you regardless of our intervention. All we did was show it the front door. You did the rest. You could have kept it hidden yourself, but you have... a drive, an energy that makes you want to be capable of more than you know. It is that spirit that fostered your talent.