
### DNA
There are those characters who aim to preserve, at worst, only their own kind, and at best, exemplary specimens of each ‘category’ of humanity — in either case arbitrarily defined. Even when deluded and intending preservation of humanity through time, they are obsessive narcissists and those who follow for lack of sufficient alternative source for self-esteem. Their recursive reproduction is a mirror-bound circular fallacy realized as each generation increasingly becomes a caricature of itself, unfit for survival in diverse environments.
Where this evil rubric dictates mating controls, ‘imperfect examples’ are seen as unsuitable for reproduction. As the gene pool narrows, the unavoidable vulnerability of lack of diversity amplifies.
One character may have proud cultural traditions that celebrate his birth and survival. He may be prideful of his individuality and enjoy an identity curious of increasing understanding in his ancestry. He may see genetic characteristics in himself that can be recognized in others, where similar. He may do all this while seeing reality with clarity — familiarity is no vice.
But another character, though he may accurately conceptualize this to some degree, is unable to distinguish from the notion that he carries a superior form of humanity. He therefore must evaluate anyone he meets for inferiority. Ignoring the similarities, he finds himself obligated to exaggerate the gap between himself and another — but in truth, the gap is slight and subtle. He exaggerates it to avoid growing beyond his insecurities.
The wiser character is apt to accept unfamiliarity as an opportunity to gain it — to understand in empathy. He instead aims to narrow the gap between himself and another. He views all as of one potent potential, and does not ignore the strength of similarity to find identity in the weakness of difference.
A sophisticated understanding involves the realization that a body’s current form is an expression of a common potential — not of some rigid unique blueprint, more or less ideal. Superficial resemblances to progenitors are only an indication that the same survival stresses were placed on both. Clonic duplication is not proof of itself, but of a lack of adaptability.
**Quote:** “There, there. So you aren’t genetically pure. But it is still your honor to serve the throne! Make yourself useful.”
**Quote:** “Take the two most dissimilar humans that exist. Clear eyes can plainly see they have more in common than either to any other comparable creature. Indeed, even a squint sees this clearly.”
**Cutscene:** Ancestral history flashback - infinite loop from the potential, the possibility - the seed. a plant's extremity unfurling, leaves opening, a flower opening for the sun, sprouting seed carried by the wind, a neverending fractal rebirth.