chapter 60

The computer system used to determine one's potential had a huge flaw: it did not account for late bloomers. Some people did not show talent when first scanned but had the ability anyway. Sometimes a person discovered this fact accidentally or due to a need. The Kodazaki did not account for that. These people were called the hidden ones and were sought out by the Leader and his commanders. The hidden ones were extremely rare and some lived their entire lives not knowing what they had. Some people lived their whole below what they were capable of.

Bounty hunters were sent across the totality of the Kodazaki home world to find rebels and to secondary degree, find any hidden ones that they were able to find. The hidden ones would taken from their post and sent to the commander of the area. Rewards were often given to those who were

successful in their mission.

Kodazaki pregnancy is different than typical humanoid pregnancy. Kodazaki offspring were

formed as beings of energy. They were not formed as beings of flesh or metal, but as energy beings that the Kodazaki developed over the centuries. This form was formed to save space and require little maintenance of said offspring. Typical babies require care from their parents to survive but Kodazaki offspring needed only energy and information on how they were to live. This process went on until they

reached physical form.

Time went on and the offspring left the body of Akra and remained constantly plug into the power outlet that was in the small dwelling place. When the parents were home they let the offspring do a brain scan on them, so that the offspring would develop correctly. Kodazakis could read each other's brains by passing information through their eyes. This process was learned over the centuries by the Kodazaki. They wanted their offspring to be free of the grip of the Leader's brainwashing and

abuse. The couple wanted a better life for their offspring than they ever had.

Typical Kodazakis were taught through developing tubes but were always taught new information by brain scans with advanced computers. Dackle and Akra were pioneers in child rearing, so they did not know how to raise their child. It was a day by day process. Kodazaki had hundreds if not thousands of task recorded in their second brain yet there was no information given on raising offspring. But the parents loved their offspring anyway and did what they could for the child.

It was a trial and error process every day with the three of them.

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The offspring was left for hours and sometimes days at a time because of Dackle and Akra being forced to worked for long periods of time. It hated it's parent's being gone for so long and for being locked in the small one room dwelling. The offspring was huffy when it's parent's left with the door locked from the outside but was always happy when they returned. The being tries to escape

so they did had to make a two sided lock for the door that could only be opened by Dackle and Akra.

The two first two years the offspring was an energy life form but slowly grown into the metallic

Kodazaki form. Two more years goes and the offspring is over three feet tall. The offspring is still thin,

but she was still a young female Kodazaki. Dackle and Akra loved their daughter and hugged her every

time they left for work and when they return. Dackle and Akra were happy to have their daughter.

Akra spoke,"Offspring, do you want a name? Your life bringers have names why not you too."

The offspring spoke,"Yes I do life bringers! Please give me one."

The offspring squirmed with excitement.

Dackle spoke,"What are we going to call her?"

Akra speaks."What about Dodat? That sounds like a good name."

The child jumps up into Akra's arms and is held by her life giver.

The child speaks,"Dodat! Dodat! Dodat! I want that name!"

Dackle spoke,"I think she likes the name, Akra!"

Akra looked down at Dodat and swings her gently in her arms.

Dackle and Akra had made the choice to raise their child themselves. They were willing to raise

Dodat, despite the always present fear being found out above the life bringer's heads. The family of

three chose to focus on try to discover how to be a family and what this thing called love truly was.

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The family had begun to love each very much and an every moment together was precious

Dodat was always curious to learn and wanted to explore outside her small home. She could never leave the home since, she was told her parents that she would be killed by bounty hunters. Dodat always wanted to leave her home but feared losing her parents. She wanted to never be separated from her family. She had hated that she got to see her life bringers so rarely. But she always enjoyed the time she spent with though.