Corporate blueprints. I'm a Template. [ he answers immediately. something he'd mentioned to bucky before, when he was shouting at him in the pool, so fresh from his freak out. the way he'd said it then, he was being a vitriolic as possible, just angry and seething and wanting to hurt something. not the best means of explanation. so, now, andyr sits up a bit, blinks sluggishly, and tries to get his drunken brain to cooperate long enough to get this out.]
So, you've got KN1s and KN2s, right? KN1s are normal, originally rights-having humans, born out in the city or wherever, who just have this gene in them called the Kerns-Norman gene. And then it activates and everything sucks. Anyway, that's what I am, KN1. KN2 are clones from KN1 genes, like Mikal. [ something about it sounds more reasonable, when explained like this, and andyr frowns for a moment, unhappy with that. but, beside the point. continuing on with the lesson. ] When a House gets a KN1 that has stupid strong genes, that clones well and augments easy, they make them a Template. Drill these ports into your back, and you get locked up tight, like company secrets. Because the gene alters so fast, every time they wanna make a new series of clones, they have to take the Template out, get these nasty huge needles, and suck the genetic tissue straight out of your spine.
[ ah. he's bordering on gross again. calm your tits, andyr, he didn't ask for all the details. reel it in. ]
So, that's what I was. Lab rat that made other lab rats that made lots of money. Also why they haven't just killed my annoying ass yet. [ or, rather, forced him to live, even when he'd tried not to. ]
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So, you've got KN1s and KN2s, right? KN1s are normal, originally rights-having humans, born out in the city or wherever, who just have this gene in them called the Kerns-Norman gene. And then it activates and everything sucks. Anyway, that's what I am, KN1. KN2 are clones from KN1 genes, like Mikal. [ something about it sounds more reasonable, when explained like this, and andyr frowns for a moment, unhappy with that. but, beside the point. continuing on with the lesson. ] When a House gets a KN1 that has stupid strong genes, that clones well and augments easy, they make them a Template. Drill these ports into your back, and you get locked up tight, like company secrets. Because the gene alters so fast, every time they wanna make a new series of clones, they have to take the Template out, get these nasty huge needles, and suck the genetic tissue straight out of your spine.
[ ah. he's bordering on gross again. calm your tits, andyr, he didn't ask for all the details. reel it in. ]
So, that's what I was. Lab rat that made other lab rats that made lots of money. Also why they haven't just killed my annoying ass yet. [ or, rather, forced him to live, even when he'd tried not to. ]