wasDifferent.
Different.His skin crawled as a realization struck him.
Human slaves had been bred by the Ocretions for certain qualities. Docility, obedience, physical strength. Those who were found to be too intelligent, too resistant, too special were eliminated.
specialIs that what Leora had meant? Did her daughter carry special traits? Perhaps that was why Daneth’s program chose her as his perfect mate. Perhaps the system had picked her, not because of some human trait, but because she had some superhuman trait. Something special. And she kept it hidden because her life depended on it. Lamira’s defiance had surprised him. Did she carry other aberrant traits?
superFor the first time in ten planet rotations, the heaviness surrounding him lifted. He changed direction and walked briskly
