Time frame: wartime
"In contrast to your clan, we, healer girls, could only have female offspring. Even though we possessed fertile wombs, for some reason, whenever we gave birth to baby boys, they would soon die," Sophia explained slowly, fully aware of the danger her words held. "It's not very different from what Uzana told me about your people's treatment of your baby girls."
Only then did Ragnar realize that a marriage between the Gamaaloth Nation and a healer clan would likely not result in offspring.
"Both of our clans are genetically modified mutants that our ancestors intentionally created for warfare. Perhaps that's why our lineages are so strictly maintained, to ensure our clans' superiority is passed down uninterrupted. Gamaaloth can only have male offspring, and Healer can only have female offspring," Sophia continued.
Ragnar listened intently.
