It's good when there is a choice

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Miron looked down at the slowly floating planet. — We'll be home soon. Just like people. Miroslava flew up to him, rubbed her nose against his shoulder, squinted sweetly and also looked out the window. — Two more days and we will set foot on earth. I want to walk barefoot on the grass, I read that it is very pleasant. — I hugged Myron, snuggled up, — I'll take off my shoes right in the ship and go out barefoot. — Whatever you want, honey. — Do you think others are worried? — I think so. We went to the same emotional trainings, our genotype is indistinguishable from a human one. They were silent. "Our children will be real people," Miroslava whispered. — Mira... they looked at each other for a long time. A bracelet flashed on his arm. — They're calling. "You too?" The main hall, as always, was white, clean and cold. Seven True ones at a semicircular table. Indifferent, as always. However, no. Miron noticed the change. Faces are tense, someone is angry, someone is calm, not a drop of sympathy. — Tell us the purpose of the flight. — Colonize A New Home. — Name your role.

— Work and wait for the colonists. The True One glared at them. — The first Prohibition states that paired clones must observe the purity of bodies and thoughts. So? Miron was silent. Miroslava lowered her eyes, looked at the floor. My arm ached with the desire to hug her. — Paired clones are not a social unit, not a family. These are tools. Selected in such a way as to optimally perform their work. — We know. We accept. We remember, — Miron found Miroslava's soft palm, squeezed it. They didn't rot another word. — "Alice", the results of the pre-launch medical examination of the Mxx-11 clone. Deviations. The main thing. — I'm doing it. Clone Mxx-11 — pregnant. The True One got up from the table. — The colonization module is not designed for another biological being. Nothing is designed for more. Neither the ship nor the planet. This is the law of the universe. — Optimality. Order. Stability. — Don't give anything. Don't take anything away. — This is the first precedent in the practice of cloning. — We will take it into account in the future. There was a strange object on the table. Black, shiny.

— "Alice", population control, historical background. The main thesis. — I'm doing it. Destruction of individuals.

Miroslava snuggled up to Myron. — It's a gun. — Shoot yourself. — Or kill him.