Several of them looked at one another. In a place that was never safe? It sounded too horrible to be true.

"Couldn't you have just used your powers to kill those who made you unsafe?" asked the male getting help from the commander with his homework.

"Doing so would require taking them into her head" Todd answered. "And that's very unpleasant to do when those around you are doing cruel things to you that are unpleasant."

"Like eating broccoli? That's unpleasant" said another male.

Todd chuckled at that. "Worse." The little male pulled a face at that.

All of them were quite young, but even when they eventually matured to the age they'd typically start to feed, they'd never know what it's like to feed on humans. Or so that was the hope, that the gene therapy would be passed down. If not, they'd have to produce the serum forever.