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”This woman didn't want to have children, at least as far as anybody knew. Your father was ordered to stalk her for a whole week- no easy task for a man to stalk a woman who is afraid of being stalked to begin with. That was his test- he was the same age as you. And at the end of it; his tutor told him simply; this woman's genes are too valuable to not be passed on. So...”
<span class="mu-b">“No...”</span>
”So he ordered her impregnated by force. That gene now lives on... in you. That child was me. Your father ordered my own conception.”
<span class="mu-b">“No!!! How could he?! How could you be with him! You're a- I'm a- rape baby?!”</span>
”No, my daughter. You are nothing but the product of truest love. Your father admitted everything the night before we were married. He didn't know at the time he ordered his own wife's creation; when I was raised, I knew I was going to be married off to one of the highest ranking men of the Hegemony at a very young age. But Tetak was disgraced and Cijan became the Supreme Ruler... so I ended up with your father. And you know what I did?”
<span class="mu-b">”...”</span>
“I forgave him. The circumstances of my birth did not matter to me; as they should not matter to you.”
<span class="mu-b">”B-But.... why? Why do men hate us so?!”</span>
She smiles.
“Men don't hate women dear, far from it. Men love women and will do anything to win their approval. All men hate themselves. They bear the weight of the world on their shoulders- and blame themselves for every failure; only the most worthless of men blame their position on the world; and even among them, they feel deep down it is their own failure. My husband didn't ever have to tell me, and I would be better not knowing, but he wanted me to know the truth. Even the Supreme Rulers, Emperors, greatest men of their time- all the power of the world is nothing if they are spurned by the woman they love. Only women have the power to block out all the evils of the world and shield men from the cold vortex they surround themselves in; that is the woman's power. Men build civilization, they maintain and create it, but they build it for women. Men die in war and labor, but women survive to carry along. Men know this and do this willingly. Men build civilization- but it is owned by Women. Women have infinite more power then Men. Never forget this, my daughter.”
