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Penitent

Scientific advancement is natural and dangerous

Eleanor Konik
Aug 25, 2021
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Photo of milk, egg, and wheat.

The madame of the penitent house frowned. “We don’t get many farmers here. What’d he do?”

"Gene-hacking.” The sheriff tossed the convict into the foyer. “Some kind of egg-laying cows.”

She picked him up in her titanium claw and sighed. "Damn scientists never know when to quit.”

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