[uncledaddy]

Randy smiled back faintly. "It's gonna be hell on me seein' you get old, though," he admitted.

[Red Lion]

Kurt gave him a kiss, "I'm already old, you just can't tell from looking,"

[uncledaddy]

"I know, I know," sighed Randy. He wrapped his arms around him tightly.

[Red Lion]

Kurt nuzzled his hair, "It's not so bad, I'll still have around fifty years," he said.

[uncledaddy]

"You know that don't seem like much to me..." Randy gave him a kiss. "But I'll be there for every one of 'em."

[Red Lion]

"I hope so," said Kurt, "I'd be awfully sad if you weren't,"

[uncledaddy]

"I wouldn't leave my sugarpuss," Randy cooed playfully.

[Red Lion]

Kurt snorted, "Sugarpuss...."

[uncledaddy]

"My one and only," Randy replied, ruffling Kurt's hair.

[Red Lion]

"What were you wanting to talk to me about?" asked Kurt.

[uncledaddy]

"Well... there's been talk about a measure bein' put into place that would have all the special-class sterilized," Randy answered with a frown.

[Red Lion]

"Oh? So you mean...Little Randy and others like her and you wouldn't be able to produce offspring?" Kurt asked with a frown.

[uncledaddy]

"If it turns out she is for sure, then yeah," said Randy. "An' me, Liam, Oliver, everybody I trained with an' any offspring they mighta had who took after them in that way."

[Red Lion]

Kurt frowned, "Oh one hand that seems unfair, but on the other, I can't deny that it might be in the best interest of the humans who live here, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who ended up with an unwanted pregnancy and that sort of thing could easily kill a human. But then again, if you break the law you can always just be sent to jail and the aftermath of any unwanted pregnancies dealt with, so I don't see that there's really a need," he pondered aloud, "There's also the fact that in today's world special class is far less useful than it might have been in the beginning so putting an end to the gene may be best for everyone.....individual rights vs civil responsibilities is always a tough call."

[uncledaddy]

"There's already been less an' less of us in every population we're born to," Randy explained. "Special class has been on its way out for a long time, an' it's got to a point where it does more harm than good, so the idea is to help things along an' avoid... genetic mishaps like little Randy. It's already been done on a few other planets. There's been debate about doin' it on Earth since my generation was born, an' now that it's been proven that it can be passed on to human half-breeds... the sterilization is likely to start happenin' here soon."

[Red Lion]

"Might be for the best, but what if little Randy wants children some day? Can you live with them taking that from her?" asked Kurt.