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<span class="mu-b">"...Forever."</span>
The doctor instantly smiles and lightens up.
"Excellent! Now, we're going to do a few readings, internal temperature readings, that kind of thing. I'll be leaving, and your mother will be here with you or can wait outside, whichever makes you more comfortable. Don't worry, it'll be over in a flash..."
Ugh, the most embarrassing day of your life! Being fretted over like that is not something you want to happen again anytime soon! After the visit, your mother sees you in a slump and comes to comfort you... in her own way.
<span class="mu-g">"Aww, what's wrong sweetheart? You gotta grow up some time."</span>
<span class="mu-b">"Well, maybe I don't WANT to grow up, if that what it is going to be like. What was that whole promise thing even about? It was so intense."</span>
<span class="mu-g">"Aww, don't worry, that's something EVERY woman has to go through. It's normal and a part of life!"</span>
<span class="mu-b">"But why?"</span>
<span class="mu-g">"It's about sex dear. It's something you don't understand yet."</span>
<span class="mu-b">"I know what sex is, Mom. I'm not a baby."</span>
<span class="mu-g">"I know that, sweetheart. But you don't fully understand the <span class="mu-i">consequences</span>. Sex invariably leads to children, and children lead to adults. Everyone and everything in the Hegemony comes from the people- which come from women. It's an investment in the future. Men naturally view us as the source of sex, dear, so it is something to be controlled and optimized for the greater good. You will see soon enough. Hey, why don't we go get some Danbo Yogurt, that ought to cheer you up!"</span>
<span class="mu-b">"...Ok."</span>
Ever since that day, your world starts to change. Almost imperceptibly at first, but everything slowly changes. The clothing you wear changes a bit too. Your parents become a little more protective, your father especially.
<span class="mu-r">”No more staying outside until it gets dark out without a chaperon! And why do you always insist on playing with the boys around here anyway? You need some female friends!”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Do I <span class="mu-i">have</span> to stop playing with them? Even Radjo?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”Radjo? You mean that little Alpha boy? Oh yeah- <span class="mu-i">especially</span> not him! He's the absolute <span class="mu-i">worst</span>! I don't ever want you to be alone with him ever again, understand?!”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”...”</span>
