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• Taneel: Whoa, now: Let's take a breath before we start throwing accusations around.
• Ahmis: Your dictionary was very revealing about your species. There were 8,000 words expressing how much your offspring mean to you. They are, in some sense, your defining creation.
• Ahmis: Whereas my people procreate by parthenogenesis. Our offspring mean very little to us. We define ourselves by what we create.
• Ahmis: Our Spirits are the ultimate expression of who we are. They are our lasting mark on the universe. They are, in your terms, our children.
• Ahmis: So when a Spirit is stolen, think of it as stealing what makes you, you. Snatching a soul. Kidnapping a child.
• [Holographic interface goes "FEE-DEET DEET"]
• Fernando: Hey! how'd you open that file?!? That's got Familia locks on it!
• [Ahmis studies hologram intensely]
• Ahmis: And in this case, kidnapping a very specific child.

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Trivia

• This page is called "Offspring and Children, Children and Offspring".