The Romero Strain by Alan TS

Author:Alan, TS [Alan, TS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Books of the Dead Press
Published: 2014-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

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The first thing out of the doctor’s mouth, as I sat in front of the desk waiting for him to look up from his paperwork was, “I will give it to you straight.”

In the short time I knew him, he had never once given a simple, straightforward answer, so of course I had to say, “That’ll be a first,” which brought on a long winded explanation of my condition.

Indeed my DNA had not stabilized and my sperm had DNA damage. However, since the doctor was not a human reproductive specialist, he said he could only hypothesize, which was a first for him without the use of threat or force. He told me there were two scenarios that could unfold. The first was that post-testicular sperm DNA damage would only marginally affect sperm physiology due to the lack of gene expression, but that it would affect embryo development at the stage that embryo genome (including the paternal damaged DNA) expression was initiated. Or increased sperm DNA damage and increased abnormalities in conventional semen parameters could have a pronounced impact on my reproductive potential.

After listening to his discourse, I felt it my obligation to be snide. “Your last sentence ended with a preposition,” I told him. “Please restate it properly.”

This evoked a response of, “Unprotected sexual intercourse could result in the birth of mutated offspring, or if you are lucky you will only shoot blanks. Even you should be able to grasp the next point. Your DNA is unstable. You could have a pronounced change at any time.”

I had to get one more dig in, just to irritate him. “I’d like the straight answer this time.”

France was blunt. “You are a danger to us all. Is that clear enough?”

I shut up after that, and we finished our conversation in a non-adversarial manner.

I was more concerned about my unstable condition than my reproductive organs, so I decided a self-imposed exile was best for everyone’s safety. But every form of refuge has its price, as I would later realize. The doctor agreed to do weekly tests of my blood and see what he could do to stabilize me. He also agreed to work at synthesizing DNA replacement for Luci.

I got the genetic materials. Just like I told him I would.

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