“Just wondering,” Kaelen replied, dangling kir legs over the edge of the platform. Below, clouds parted to reveal a patchwork of green farms and silver reservoirs. “What was it like when people were… split?”
Lior smiled. “Then I’ll build you a ship to find more shadows.” futaworld
For seventeen-year-old Kaelen, growing up in the floating garden-city of Aethelburg, this was the only world she—or he, or they—had ever known. Pronouns had shifted to “kai” and “kir,” a linguistic echo of wholeness. Every Fusion could, if they chose, carry a child or sire one. Puberty brought a gentle blossoming of both sets of traits, and society had rearranged itself around the simple fact of universal potential. “Just wondering,” Kaelen replied, dangling kir legs over
Kai closed the drawer and walked back up through the garden decks. The night air smelled of jasmine and ozone. Lior was waiting on the sky-dock, holding two cups of spiced tea. “Then I’ll build you a ship to find more shadows
Kaelen took a cup. “I found out that I’m not broken. The old world had people like me too—they called them intersex. They just didn’t have a place for us.”