<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=74959.msg3387729#msg3387729">Quote from: PeacethatPowerbrings on 31-07-2010, 03:54:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I understand such ethical dilemmas," she said, "your people share that visceral reaction with the humans of this universe, though your reaction is to cloning, where this universe reacts of artificial intelligence. Of course, there are real concerns with both, the Var don't consider any practice uniformly unethical, or even worthy of a ban. Harvesting parts from a complete clone is a very different process from directed growth, of a limb, or an organ. Though, I suppose, distinguishing these cases is only necessary when one develops the capability to do both."<br/><br/>She took the glass, sipping the liquid and smiling. She could pick out the composition of whiskey, able to feel the stuff hitting her stomach, and then circulating, and then hitting her 'liver' it was all very interesting.<br/><br/>"I understand being the 'face' of a people," she said, "though I suppose, as I am not physically representative of all the Var, the principle is different. May I ask if your people hold to a custom of mating?" she asked, "marriage, courtship, reproduction?"<br/><br/>She genuinely wasn't sure of the customs of Fredrico's universe. It seemed likely, as humans had a purpose for doing so, but it was an interesting field of study. The Var had no such things, in a legal sense, though closely-knit groups could be said to be mated, though the restrictions hardly ended at pairs.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The seemingly innocent question made him chuckle. "We're still humans there, and I'm pretty sure that sort of thing is what humans spend most of their time thinking about no matter what universe they come from."<br/><br/>Despite the visible humor, it was a bit of an awkward thing to find a response to - thankfully, it was right about then that the Citadel came into view.<br/>"Impressive." Was his only comment.