Baby Market
When Airi became a grandmother, she was free in everything when she turned 80. She could go wherever she wanted and meet whoever she wanted. When she turned 60, she finally met Ani, Beni, and Gre, and when she turned 80, she raised Hia. Hia was Beni's great-granddaughter. When she smiled with her teeth as white as snow, the whole world was beautiful. Hia, who was born on a foggy day like white snow, had to hold Susemi in her dreams and soon parted ways with her mother who gave birth to her, but instead, she was able to hear many stories from Airi.
Shopping children was as easy as hiding in a cabinet, but there were those who were tired of the technology that accurately picked out the children they wanted in a system with a near-zero error rate. They grew gene trees and raised children using apples as incubators. Since there are always exceptions, those who were not easy to meet lived on top of sand dunes and stayed with Cerberus.
One of them was Airi. Airi was a doctor. The intention of taking care of people's health was good, but it was painful to see sick people all the time. Airi was emotional and was easily swayed by people's stories. She was more unfit to be a rational doctor than anyone else, but she didn't give up. She treated patients steadfastly and stood on people's side, and she built a reputation as a doctor. At that time, she was on her way after receiving a call from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The bell rang.
Airi noticed the change in airflow and turned on the scanner. It was one of the repetitive routines she did before going to bed on a tiring evening after a lot of work. After the scan, Airi opened the window. The fresh air from outside flowed in. It was an early morning with a spring scent. Airi opened her laptop and looked at the dream images she had scanned all night. Moments she wanted to remember were visualized and saved. These were the letters Hia would receive.
The circular tower-shaped spaceship had several connected rooms, and there was a space next to it that was like Airi's favorite hideout. There were two birds in a small cage there, and they would greet Airi every morning. The birds noticed that Airi had found the dream image and sang a congratulatory song. Airi didn't have much time because she had to answer the phone call she received yesterday. Airi quickly got ready to go out before the angels woke up. She opened the liquid oxygen tank next to the door and checked that it was connected to GPS, and it was 7 o’clock.
After the incurable disease disappeared, Airi began to think about the means of euthanasia. There were many methods of euthanasia. Of course, the important thing was the date. Dying on the same day as being born meant going back to where she came from. Then everything would be complete. Dream images scanned from Earth have become a measure of how meaningful a life has been lived on the threshold of the universe. Her hair became a conduit connecting the air and her brain. Sometimes, static electricity would cause a light to flash for a moment, and then the paper would disappear. Then someone would receive the letter.