{"sf1_id":253135,"sf2_id":"rm8OqEae","title":"A Furry Love Story - A New Genesis","author":"anthroguy101","words":1027,"posted_at":"2011-05-27T18:41:00.000Z","tags":["Henry","Manitoba","Maria","Mr. Li","New Genesis Project","Political","politics"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/253135-a-furry-love-story-a-new-genesis","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rm8OqEae","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/e1/ee/e1eed4be-da43-48ac-9394-9fa976c7979d","description":"#7 of Scraps","content":"I never felt such a mixed feeling of hope and panic as I did when I stared into that desk.\u0026nbsp; It gave me a very bad feeling in my stomach.\u0026nbsp; I was very concerned about how this would work out.\u0026nbsp; An asian person at the desk handed me a pamphlet.\u0026nbsp; It described in great detail what they were doing.\u0026nbsp; They were going to play with fire.\n\nThe pamphlet laid out their plan: they were going to allow adults to raise people like me.\u0026nbsp; They would not only look like dogs but also cats, squirrels, foxes, cheetahs, wolves, and even red pandas.\u0026nbsp; They were going to start a lobbying group to advance the industry and grant their experiments eventual citizenship.\u0026nbsp; Their so-called \"plan\" did nothing to calm my fears.\u0026nbsp; I knew this might happen someday; I just didn't want it to happen _now_.\n\n**Henry:** I have so many questions about this.\u0026nbsp; I don't even know where to begin.\u0026nbsp; I guess I'll ask what your name is.\n\n**Person:** My name is Mr. Li.\n\n**Henry:** Hi, Mr. Li.\u0026nbsp; Where is this company going to be based?\n\n**Mr. Li:** I think you'll be pleased to know that it will be based in your hometown.\n\n**Henry:** Where are you going to be selling them?\n\nMr. Li gave me a chart.\u0026nbsp; It showed the areas of America that were damaged the most, specifically rust-belt towns, as well as New Orleans.\n\n**Mr. Li:** Our plan is to have cold-weather animals inhabit these towns.\u0026nbsp; We've read on your blog about how you'd never move down south and how you prefer cold weather.\u0026nbsp; I see you have the water bottle with you, yes?\n\n**Henry:** Ya.\n\n**Mr. Li:** If these animals will stay up north, the theory goes that their economies would recover.\u0026nbsp; In some cases, it may be their only hope.\u0026nbsp; There's a town called Warren, PA.\u0026nbsp; They had around 10,000 people, according to the Census of 9 A.W.\u0026nbsp; How many people do you think there are now?\n\n**Henry:** I don't know, 6,000?\n\n**Mr. Li:** Actually, it's 413.\u0026nbsp; For decades, kids have been leaving the town to chase their dreams.\u0026nbsp; They've been taking their ideas further south and west.\u0026nbsp; That's where the jobs are now.\u0026nbsp; That's where the opportunity has been.\u0026nbsp; One of our top scientists was born there.\u0026nbsp; He's not going back.\n\n**Henry:** How would they help economically?\u0026nbsp; I mean, couldn't they just move back to the cities?\n\n**Mr. Li:** They probably will, but there will always be those that don't.\u0026nbsp; Even the cities have been suffering.\u0026nbsp; Their intelligence would hopefully be put to good use.\n\n**Henry:** Their intelligence?\n\n**Mr. Li:** You mean you don't know?\u0026nbsp; The scientists at the university wanted you to think like an average human.\u0026nbsp; The testing they did to you shows that your are much smarter than that.\n\nHe handed me papers from the university showing the results of this testing.\u0026nbsp; My IQ was 213.\u0026nbsp; Brainwave activity was far above \"normal.\"\u0026nbsp; I was stunned.\u0026nbsp; I often thought that I wasn't as smart as the humans, but never thought I would be smarter than them.\u0026nbsp; Inside I was infuriated that they didn't release the papers.\n\n**Mr. Li:** Even GM babies haven't gotten that high, at least not yet.\u0026nbsp; If we could get that kind of result accross the country, imagine what good it would do for humanity.\n\n**Henry:** That's great and all, but you saw what happened with one, you know, when I was born.\u0026nbsp; You're creating a new race of smart people.\u0026nbsp; The Nationals are going to be all over your ass, and there won't be a catastrophe to save us this time.\n\n**Mr. Li:** I know that would be concerning to a high-ranking memeber of the DSP like yourself.\u0026nbsp; It wasn't just America.\u0026nbsp; It was a global thing.\u0026nbsp; Your birth also turned over the legislative Yuan and the parliament of India.\u0026nbsp; The culture in the Republic is much more regressive over something like this.\u0026nbsp; It's an insult to their way of life.\n\n**Henry:** Then what are you going to do to stop political armageddon?\n\n**Mr. Li:** All we can do is educate the public.\u0026nbsp; We're going to start a lobby as soon as it gets started.\u0026nbsp; I'm sure it won't be as much of a problem in the states where they will reside.\u0026nbsp; They could use something like this, and their culture is much more accepting.\n\n**Henry:** Is this just an American thing?\u0026nbsp; Are you going to do this elsewhere?\n\n**Mr. Li:** For now it's just an American thing.\u0026nbsp; Consider us a cattle prod pushing your country forward.\u0026nbsp; That's one reason we decided to do this.\n\n**Henry:** Where are you going to get the money?\n\n**Mr. Li:** People will pay for the cubs.\u0026nbsp; We're also going to accept donations.\n\n**Henry:** How are you going to prevent child abuse?\n\n**Mr. Li:** We have a strict policy against it, and once they become citizens that won't be a problem.\n\n**Henry:** Are they going to be able to reproduce?\n\n**Mr. Li:** Of course.\n\nI stood there for awhile, and finally thought the one question above all else I wanted answered.\n\n**Henry:** When is this all going to begin?\n\n**Mr. Li:** Three years tops.\n\n**Henry:** Oh, okay.\n\nJust as I was about to leave, Mr. Li gave the last word.\n\n**Mr Li:** One more thing, Henry.\u0026nbsp; You are also a part of this.\u0026nbsp; It all boils down to you.\u0026nbsp; If we don't have your support, then we're not going to anywhere with this.\u0026nbsp; I don't want you to go down as the only one of your kind that's ever lived.\u0026nbsp; Imagine being able to talk to more people like yourself.\u0026nbsp; Imagine not being so lonely.\n\nAfter that I left, having much on on my mind to think about.\u0026nbsp; I took the pamphlet to my room and stared at it.\u0026nbsp; I went on the website.\u0026nbsp; My mind went running in circles.\u0026nbsp; I got a phone call to my hotel room.\n\n**MariaKitsune:** I hope you haven't forgotten about the dinner you'll be having with the sponsors.\u0026nbsp; Come down to room 13 at 17:30.\n\n**Henry:** Okay.\n\nI hung up the phone.\u0026nbsp; Things were going to be completely different from here on out.\u0026nbsp; I just knew it.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Scraps","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/247222-a-furry-love-story-back-to-reality.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/270875-a-furry-love-story-look-in-the-mirror.json"}}