THE BLOODLINE
Viviane and Morgan left the pavilion and sat outside, enjoying the midmorning sunlight. The queen spoke slowly, carefully assembling the history of the Ahe’ey. Morgan closed her eyes as the words and images seemed to flow straight into her mind.
“As you know, one of the costs that Homo sapiens have paid for having larger brains is that your children are born dependent on parents and remain that way for many years. The skull and brain are not fully formed before birth. This, of course, led humans to acquire specific roles depending on their s*x. The concept of staying at home with the kids, which has been holding back the progress of your women even today, is as old as humankind.
“The Ahe’ey are descendants of an ancient civilisation that organised itself differently from t
