From 7122c0cb0aae4fe3c2af6371a8903b7e96819906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pasi Kallinen Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:56 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add a literary reference to genetic engineer database entry --- dat/data.base | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index df3fd0f73..ed42fca25 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -2056,6 +2056,16 @@ genetic engineer immediate mutations in the subject. Far from needing an elaborate laboratory to accomplish such abominations, a mere touch seems to be all that is necessary. + [] + + "I thought the whole point of genetic engineering was to avoid + the random waste of natural evolution, and replace it with + the efficiency of reason," Miles piped up. All three haut- + women turned to stare at him in astonishment, as if a potted + plant had suddenly offered a critique of its fertilization + routine. "Or ... so it seems to me," Miles trailed off in + a much smaller voice. + [ Cetaganda, Lois McMaster Bujold ] geryon Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear'd, His head and upper part expos'd on land,