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Submitted to Contest #315
Can it actually be said that a creature who never emerged from a womb, or broke from a shell, or split from the mother cell, has a birthday? Marke wasn’t entirely sure. Nor was she sure whether an Earth year as a milestone had much meaning here. Nonetheless, she was determined to have her birthday party. It would have to be done a bit under the table; officially, the Company wouldn’t be willing to spare the kinds of resources she would need for such an occasion. But by her reckoning, it had been at least 31536000 seconds since she had come o...
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