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That sounds just like the earliest versions, the ones before us. And like my older brothers. The oldest has an implant to keep him under Mother's control.[he frowns somewhat, recalling the next part.] And so does Rita, for that matter. But I think it is just to keep her from killing herself. She was cloned from a suicide victim, and I don't think she ever shook that. Or was. They are all dead now.
[He starts with the nervous laughter] But the goal in making us was not to be gentle or weak. Besides, it is not only in our cloning. The Appolinar we are given sometimes has poor side-effects. One of my brothers ate people, and that was never in our coding.