OK, so why is this file called “43”?
43, as Lord Vyx might have already brought up, is the
Terran designation of “psychics”: there’s a master list of who (Herald or Demon)
can do what at the Su-dono’s headquarters, like the list of who can turn into
what animal in Harry Potter.
But a number? Oro? 43 is the number of arcsecs the perihelion shift of Mercury
was off before Newton’s theory of gravitation was scrapped in favor of
Einstein’s notions of gravity being curved space time. Essentially, it is an
error.
Doubly so, since Terrans don’t believe that space and time are related, because
they hold Ada or Ardor in reverence, and that novel contains an alternate theory
of the universe. Does all this mean 43s are an object of ridicule? No, not
really. Most people are used to them, and besides, we’re talking about a nation
of gay men...
What you are about to read is, essentially, a crash course in genetics written by a dilettante in anthropology who likes to make presentations, be they HTML, Power Point...
OK! So lets start with...
The first lesson in genetics!
AIE! I've been here before! I wanted something else!
