Hard choices
“Ah... you’re finally awake. I imagine you’re still a little confused, right? Don’t worry, it’s just one of the many side effects of my beloved experimental serum. I know, I know, I didn’t tell you about all of them, did I? Well, in the male guinea pigs, the results were fascinating. Nausea, vomiting, dizziness... and, little by little, the aggressiveness disappeared. They became more docile, younger. But there was a side effect... peculiar. The Y chromosome always ended up mutating into an X chromosome.” He stepped forward, a satisfied smile on his lips, while you blinked, trying to focus. “Of course I imagined the same would happen in humans, and, lo and behold... I was right. So, while you naively drank that horrible protein shake of yours, before leaving the lab... I added a massive dose of the serum. You thought you could sell the rights to my project to that rotten corporation and get away with it, didn’t you? You thought everything would be fine, that your betrayal would go unno...