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Ezra was given a biblical name derived from Hebrew; ironically, his parents were not religious. Further irony, the man's name meant 'helper' despite never having been particularly interested in being altruistic. In the end, however, Ezra did get a well paying job that did result in him helping a lot of people... just not "people" in the traditional sense.

Having been born a generation after a catastrophic ecological disaster brought on by an explosion of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, Ezra grew up in "interesting times". According to his parents, the mega corporation Biolicy Ltd had three simultaneous system faults, resulting in hundreds of thousands of tons of experimental chemicals being released into the atmosphere. The shifting weather patterns resulted in nearly 100% coverage of the globe as the fallout created a mist over every continent.

The effects were gradual but noticeable as the various mammalian species gained sapience. It was seen first among the ranches and farms of the world when animals started to learn to speak. Things came to a head when the United Nations decided to expand the term of "humanity" to describe any biologically uplifted, sapient creature. Ezra remembered hearing arguments in high school that things would have been much more difficult if the animals weren't going extinct-- apparently the chemical cocktail greatly reduced fertility races and every affected land-dwelling mammal on earth was going extinct.

In truth, as Ezra learned in college, there were about 5% of animals that were not affected by the chemicals and those had been sequestered, carefully protected to ensure their suitability. Of those which had been affected, almost 99% of them were infertile and, after the second generation, almost 99% of THOSE were also unable to generate viable offspring. At that point humanity jumped into action, creating Geny Systems, or Genesys for short. Their plans were... extreme.

Humans began to identify fertile uplifted animals and put them to work serving alongside scientists to help propagate their respective species, often with the assistance of the limited selection of non-uplifted animals. Hybrids of uplifted and non-uplifted animals resulted in a 50/50 chance of an uplifted offspring, but the results were almost always fertile. Among sapient creatures the idea of mating with a non-uplifted animal was equivalent to zoophilia but mating with another uplifted could result in the spreading of the infertility to previously fertile individuals and, even if it didn't, the offspring almost always were incapable of procreation. Due to this, 'collection centers' were created. These sites were designed to house males and females of a species for a matter of weeks.

During that time, uplifted females would have their eggs harvested to be later combined with semen from fertile, non-uplifted males. Males would make semen contributions to later artificially inseminate non-uplifted females. The program was deemed a great success and the lower level scientists who served on the front lines of these service centers were known as Noahs, after the 'guy with the boat' in the old bible stories. Ezra, as it turned out, got his degree in college and fell into the job. He was incredibly good at it.

Each service center, known as "Arks" specialized in its own collection of animals. Ezra's, which was located in central Texas, handled three different species of deer, moose, and elk, but also rabbits, rats and, surprisingly, kangaroos. Most people didn't realize before the calamity just how many kangaroos were in the United States (especially Texas), and it was the Ark site at which Ezra worked where most of them were housed during their "contribution period".

Other than paying well, and having housing paid for, the life of a Noah was relatively monotonous and, as most were concerned, not very fulfilling. Male Noahs worked in the male service wing, collecting semen from male donors while female Noahs handled the outpatient surgery of removing eggs from female donors. Female donors were given a general anesthesia and remained conscious during the out-patient surgery and usually had two or sometimes three extractions done per visit. Males had semen harvested five times during their stay. Most donors visited every month.

Ezra had established something of a following during his tenure at the Central Texas Ark. Contributions were done anonymously among males; there were a dozen Noahs in total and they rotated through over a hundred donors per day. The long hallway with six doors on each side had an access window; when a Noah was available they would stick their gloved hand through the window to identify that they were available; it was a simple, anonymous way to signal the client. After that point, the Noah would move to the service side of the room and prepare the specimen artificial mount and a specimen jar.

The donor would enter, mount the dummy, and ejaculate into the system to be collected by the Noah. The one problem was that Noahs all wore identical gloves which came up to the wrist, and Ezra had a mole which was easily visible just above where the glove covered. In a system where anonymity was the norm, Ezra stood out, not only because he had a mole, but because he had a knack for obtaining higher harvesting volumes than most of his peers. His trick was not against the rules, but it did give him an edge up on his fellow Noahs.

A Noah was responsible for prepping for semen collection, which involved swabbing the penis with cleaning fluid once it poked through the harvesting aperture, at which point the Noah would connect it to the collection vessel. The only guideline was to keep the penis and all equipment as sterile as possible. Most Noahs were able to do their job efficiently and relied on the silicone lip of the collection vessel to stimulate the male to ejaculate, as was expected. Ezra, however, learned that he could get larger volumes and faster results using his hand-- so long as he changed his gloves after every collection they were, after all, sterile.

This technique not only resulted in faster collections and higher volumes, but it was also appreciated by the donors and, before long, it became normal for clients 'in the know' to wait to see the mole on the gloved hand that identified Ezra. From there, he would get his regular clients who shared the news with their compatriots and perpetuate the long line of donors who would wait for him. This caught up among the cervids and the kangaroos, which explained why Ezra always got the big bucks.

The collection rooms were not silent either, and, while Noahs did not communicate with the donors except as required by policy or during an emergency, nothing stopped donors from talking to him, and some of them had a LOT to say, including offers of meeting up outside of the Ark. He didn't accept the invitations, of course; considering the Noahs and the clients ate together in the same cafeteria meant that he couldn't risk creating 'issues'.

All of that changed one day toward the end of a particularly long work week. Ezra was reaching for his drink in the cafeteria and his sleeve slid up just enough to reveal his mole. One of Ezra's repeat visitors was hopping along behind him and the Red Kangaroos caught sight of it. Considering the net worth of the donor, and the contents of his quietly offered indecent proposal, it actually caused Ezra to question his ethics. What happened after that... well... that's a story for another time.