Post Title: A retrospective on Parents

  Author Full Name: Arget, Albert

  Reviewer: R3SN/1q/GPT

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  I remember having parents.

  My father, a thin man with thinning brown hair and a terribly sad smile.

  My mother, a fading image of my earliest years lost before I was even walking on my own.

  But either way, it didn’t last. The Corporate Care policy was altered and employees no longer had the privilege of child visitation or - more dangerous yet - upbringing.

  And so I was, at the age of five, given over to one of the earlier MNTR/10t/Gemma educational robots, and my tests began.

  The first ones I found easy. Shapes into the right slot, word/image association, simple numeracy and literacy tests.

  But for each I passed, the next grew hard, and harder, and hard. And soon words of encouragement or “understanding” at my inevitable failures began to grate. The understanding itself, became less and less on either end.

  For it turns out, my emotional capacities were being tested too. My will to endure what is... necessary to optimize one’s growth. To endure harsh measures when required.

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  Kept at the ragged edge of what I was barely able to keep up with, I had no time to ponder, no time to question. The Corporate Care Curriculum is very effective in attaining targeted educational outcomes for that reason - it utilizes every resource a person has to their maximum.

  Some broke, some fell from the Cathedral’s grace, some simply slipped into the quiet suicide of talking too much. I persevered, and grew, and I suppose upon consideration I am grateful that adversity was given to me - if it had not, I would not be as stable or centered as I am now.

  And so, dear reader, why do I write this? Waste so many words to tell you about myself?

  Well, I’m simply not that busy these days. Most of my time is spent waiting on approvals, did you know?

  Every cast and every blog is usually a few months out of date by the time you see it. This one too, I’m sure.

  And the news has been quiet too. The bot feed tells us what we need to know, and who wastes time in discussion?

  I suppose then, it’s just for interest. Perhaps you, reader, can tell me something of yourself.

  If you are my age, perhaps you remember parents too? Comment, please, I don’t mind even a single word.

  Or perhaps you were decanted later and can tell me a little of what it is like as a toddler, or child?

  I’ve heard the NRS4/10t/Gemma models are quite amiable, did you receive kindness from them, growing up?

  I don’t know, I’m just wondering. What is... family?

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  Approval Status: Rejected

  Reasons: 9, 9a, 9c, 3a

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  R3SN/1q/GPT note: Proposal INV-3215647 to assay genetic profile of relations for antisocial tendencies.