Akira stared at those words: permanently altered.
That was the part that made him hesitate. He'd be changing her fundamentally, rewriting her biology, making her something... other. Was that fair? Did he have the right?
"Second thoughts?" Ai asked.
"She doesn't fully understand what this world is like. The dangers, the costs. If I give her this seed, she can never go back to being normal. Ever."
"True. But darling, she's already not normal. I mean, not anymore. The moment you told her the truth, the moment you bonded with her, she crossed a line. There's no going back from knowledge."
"That's different from physically changing her."
"Is it? You've already altered her reality. Her perception of the world is fundamentally different now. At least with the seed, you'd give her the tools to survive in that new reality."
