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@OsakanOne Since Akemi and Aiesu spoke about cross-caste procreation in passing, and Aran'ya has actually committed the taboo of loving a Occestian/New Turlista... could you elaborate on exactly why things are "complicated" biologically or otherwise? Just curious, it may help me define some things in her past better.
In Doc's own words...
This is a society shaped by eugenics: You can be anything you want provided your biologics fit into a neat box marked either Fyunnen, New Turlistan or Lmanel. If it got out, both would probably be made infertile by the government.
Biologically though? Beyond the fact its already culturally an abomination that would be shot on sight for existing... You'd have a mutt.
Again in Doc's words:
Imagine you've got a good sight dog, a terrier, but you want that sighting dog to be able to pursue the rabbit better than any other terrier, so, you cross that terrier with a beagle. So you end up with this marvel of sighting, scenting, and mobility.
Well, put your noodle around the notion of a Lmanel that could outright directly communicate with animals and people alike, while forcefully reading genetic memory. A Fyunnen that could augment their own strength at whim. These are bad juju.
A mutt is someone who has unfair advantages in society, who usually take the best part of two castes and only the worst part of one. It disrupts the delicate balance of Lorath society and it usually creates someone who because of their differences has sociopathic tendancies due to their inherent sense of security.
Historically, Mutts rise to power very quickly prior to when caste niching was encouraged and eventually enforced. Think of the way the Huns decimated the world population, wiping out entire civilizations. What the European settlers did to the Americans, killing 100 million. What the Spanish did to the Aztecs, wiping out an entire civilization, even their records and culture. What the Germans tried to do to the undesirables (and not just the jews, the over-tited example: LGBTs, the disabled, those with alternative political views or psychological motives, romanies and other nomadic peoples, etc).
It might seem insane that Lor pushes these rules but they do so for a VERY good reason.
As for the birth itself? Both parents have been taught from birth that the child should not exist. That it is an abomination which will become a murderer.
One of them would almost certainly kill it or the stress of knowing if anyone knew of its existence would make them abandon it very quickly.