![]() ![]() One of the babies died in the initial transferral, but of Helva's 'class', 17 thrived in the metal shells. Soon they all were removed to Central Laboratory School, where their delicate transformation began. She was not alone, for there were three other such children in the big city's special nursery. For her first 3 vegetable months she waved her crabbed claws, kicked weakly with her clubbed feet and enjoyed the usual routine of the infant. As such, their offspring would suffer no pain, live a comfortable existence in a metal shell for several centuries, performing unusual service to Central Worlds. There was the final, harsh decision, to give their child euthanasia or permit it to become an encapsulated "brain," a guiding mechanism in any one of a number of curious professions. ![]() ![]() The electro-encephalogram was entirely favorable, unexpectedly so, and the news was brought to the waiting, grieving parents. There was always the possibility that though the limbs were twisted, the mind was not, that though the ears would hear only dimly, the eyes see vaguely, the mind behind them was receptive and alert. Y#The Ship Who Sang By: Anne McCaffrey Copyright ? Version 1.1 to the memory of the Colonel, my father GEORGE HERBERT MCCAFFREY citizen soldier patriot for whom the ship first sang The Ship Who Sang She was born a thing and as such would be condemned if she failed to pass the encephalograph test required of all newborn babies. ![]()
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