February

Issue 29

Of course, as David pointed out with his twisted smile. It was a form of slavery. From babyhood, the designer body was raised and trained to perform particular roles for which its chosen genetic pattern was fitted, and a proportion of all its earnings was taken from it (him or her) and given, as by right, to its investors. The designer body's only creation to which the investors weren't entitled a proportion, was its children. Here society drew a line. To perpetuate percentage ownership through generations would be slavery. David smiled bitterly at the nicety of the distinction.