“This is nuts. You’re going to kill millions to create your vision of the world.”
“Oh yes,” agreed Debbie. “It’s for the …”
“Greater good?” ventured Connor. “The Nazis practiced genocide on an industrial scale. What you’re proposing will make that seem like a bar brawl. In an empty bar.”
Debbie beamed at him, mouth slightly open. Her tongue ran across her upper lip.
“But we have ways of convincing people. We get some people to buy in just because they don’t want to die. Some believe as we do, that humanity needs to be purged. Some see the old systems as corrupt and are looking for a new solution. Some people’s lives are so mundane they are looking for escapism. Some people want to build a better world, wipe the slate clean, starting with all our fabulous new technology. People like you can be slightly problematic, but let me put it this way.” Debbie edged closer to the bars.
Connor took a step back. Arms folded.
“We need people like you, Connor,” Debbie whispered through the bars. “Survival rates for women are nearly four times greater than men. We will have a shortage of fertile men and a glut of women. Women aching to repopulate the world. When our goals are complete, don’t you fancy being put out to stud?”
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