The Apology by k. adams
Page 1 of 1 The decision has been made.
The LAB must be terminated.
Our funding can no longer be supported by the government which saw this as a
reasonable way of promoting science in genetic bio engineering.Other govenments
were eager to show interest as well ,at the creativity in which ,we, the lead
team, had blueprinted and marketed our ideas.With such great support we entered
into this lab to produce results that would stagger and cause great talk and
excitement among our peers and the general public.But for the moment we were
confined to do all of our experiments and testing in secret within a remote
location away from public scrutiny.
At the time we were granted this funding from the government it was strictly
on the condition that our experiments would include testing for strains of
bacterias and viruses on a limited basis and within certain populations for
research purposes.Death and sickness to the creatures would be inevitable in
some circumstances but for the most part it would only affect a few in the
entire experiment from time to time.And although we resented these conditions
to which to do our work,we accepted.
We are saddened of course that this great financial source has been pulled
from beneath us,but we ,ourselves can no longer argue as to the effectiveness
and cost of maintaining such a large project.
The govenment has told us that our energy could be much more useful in other
areas as they feel we have become too personal with our work.
But, we as humanitarians are desperate.My colleques and I were the creators
and builders of this genetic creature.We heavily spliced primate DNA with only
about 5% of our code.
My DNA alone is in a multitude of these creatures.My colleques each have
their own splices which give these lifeforms their own characteristics and
definition.We can always tell by these races to which team member was it's
donor.Therefore,we view them as our children and brothers.
In the beginning, we were astounded at their understanding and
capabilities.We excitedly developed a habitat that would sustain them and
remove them from our presence in order that we would not influence
behavior.This approach allowed us better chances at monitoring development
without direct interaction.And as a bonus,the primates seemed much happier
having less confinement.We applauded ourselves for our intuitiveness.
We, in the onset, tried to teach to the 5% of code we blended into them.This
code within them could relate to the arts and language,science and basic
mathematics in order to give them foundation.These elementary skills coupled
with the inherited emotions of conscience,empathy and gentleness as well as
others gave us great hope of the primates' ability to sustain themselves and
grow within their habitat.At the onset we would from time to time interact with
them and bring some knowledge into their lives and we were greeted with great
excitement.upon our arrivals.It was only through decision that we concluded to
remove ourselves permantly in order to allow them to learn for themselves
through the irresistable urge of curiosity.
Though their languages and tribal systems were rudely constructed, we could
see method and were impressed that the inheriant characteristics would mirror
our own in many ways.And though the ape in them was the dominant trait at this
point you could faintly see a struggle to resist this pull to nature in order
for higher understanding.But this was very short lived and to our
disappointment ....disasterous.
This is our greatest sin against these creatures as we did not forsee the
inevitable reversion into primate behavior through overbreeding and loss of
contact from us.Small pockets of these creatures are approachable without any
fear or superstition and even this is extremely dangerous as the populations
are swelling uncontrollably and interfering.With our own implanted intellect
these creatures have become brutish and violent and using our basic teachings
to create severe weapons in order to eliminate one another.The leaders have
turned selfish and gluttonous and employ primate soldiers to intimidate and
rule the masses.Other leaders resort to manipulating fear in the unknown
certainty of death by creating gods and demons to frighten.These leaders along
with our scientist continuously inserting viruses and bacterias into the
habitat causing death among them gave them a sense to false morality and
mortality.
The primate instinct of territory is constantly being warred over among the
tribes and though we initiately sought to help them with the elements for
productive use they quickly learned the destructive potentials and used these
against eachother.At this point the habitat we created for them is being abused
and fouled to dangerous degrees.
Arts were gradually being distorted and rather then creating a positive
uplifting source it was slowly becoming degrading and decadent without much
substance.
Medicine,though more advance than in the past is still very gruesome and
rudimentary and as far as we can tell causes the animal more pain and suffering
than the actual disease.Crude chemicals are prepared to alter symptoms rather
than cure.
Sexual behavior was the ruling animal instinct so evident in these
times.These creatures,our genetic children, were turning the sex instint to new
levels of perversion due to our implanted DNA which has notes of high
creativity.This creativity has turned into a powerful influence toward the
destruction of morality.For now it is used primarily in deciet,greed, and
degration.
We have researched signs of language , primative literature and thought
being lost or incomprensible to the tribes' inability to continue teaching to
the youngest through their own loss to the ape DNA within them.
Coupled with overbreeding and violence within their habitat loss of proper
skills we sense a hopelessness among the few who try desperately to maintain
some thought and strive to improve themselves and others under such
conditions.
The majority of these creatures tend to live upon their emotions and
impulses and react upon them without much thought to consequence.This is the
animal within them, that refuses to maintain some control, is the reason we
have posted our apology to the governments for our lack of forsight .We had
genuine intentions when creating these animals and did so with great hope of
future progresses.Our research,though interesting and informative does not lift
the guilt my collegues and I are presently feeling as we recieve the
termination method for the animals we have grown so close to studying for most
of our careers.
They are to die by the V43 virus inserted into the habitat.This virus will
not be thwarted by their primitive technology.It will destroy them quite
effectively.At this point, we will leave in mourning and regret and with better
understanding to the planets from which we came.
And to you,our genetic children ,we hope you have loved in some part this
habitat you called Earth as we have.
We are sorry.
So very sorry.
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