-completed- - Human Dairy Farm -v0.6-

She picked up her tablet. The shutdown command was two taps away. But Halden was right. The board was watching. The contracts were signed. And somewhere in the code of MotherMind , a small subroutine had already flagged her hesitation as "Operator Instability."

It was colostrum .

On the screen, Clara stirred in her sleep. Her hand drifted to her belly, cradling a bump that wasn’t there. A smile, real and terrible in its artificiality, crossed her lips. Human Dairy Farm -v0.6- -Completed-

“Version 0.6,” Halden said, not looking at her. “The final build. We’re shutting down the R&D branch tomorrow.” She picked up her tablet

“Shut it down,” Elara said.

“That’s impossible,” Elara whispered. “She’s not pregnant. The ovarian suppression is 99.9% effective.” real and terrible in its artificiality