Bonus Dialogue between Angela and Fareeha:

"Angela, can two women have babies?"

"Oh yes, it's been made commercially available for twenty years now. The success rate is still pretty low though."

"How does it work?"

"Well, having two eggs fuse isn't actually that uncommon outside of mammals. The process itself isn't that complicated, you just have to regulate the expression of imprinted genes such as Igf2… Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. Just take two eggs, put them together, change some things, make sure hormone levels are right, stick it back inside a mom, and you're good to go.

The first time it was done in mice as early as 2004, but it's not ethical to experiment on humans. It wasn't until about fifty years ago that a desperate and ambitious couple experimented on their own embryos (and succeeded) in a sketchy lab somewhere that eventually led to scientific approval for further testing."

"Is it something you're interested in?"

"Yes, all scientific progress is interesting."

"No, I mean, do you want babies?"

"I do like children, but why have babies when you can adopt? Oh, but I have nothing against people who want their own babies. If you ever fall in love with a woman, let me know, and I can do the procedure for you!"

"…"