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Made-to-order slaves fear their eccentric owner will tire of and dispose of them... until a calamity renders the issue moot.

Port Eternity by C J Cherryh

Date: 2025-06-03 04:54 pm (UTC)
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No oligarch would want their children to be confused with their commodified, expendable slaves.

Though by the time [1] of Cyteen, clones raised as people rather than azi are nothing exceptional, at least on the Union side of the line [2].

[1] Publication (and presumably writing) time, not in-universe time.

[2] Is it even stated whether Lady Dela Kern is Union or Alliance? Though the distinction may not have become clear by this time [1].

[3] Footnotes are fun!

Date: 2025-06-03 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Distinctions can harden with time, I suppose.

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