Well, okay, yes, there is that.

I'm known as a "P2 construct"--the term is actually something of a misnomer, as it implies I was made, not born. I'm the naturally-born son of two 'made' beings, two anthropomorphic cougars created by the government as part of their military research projects. The 'P2' refers to the fact that I am the second-generation progeny of the original genecode; my parents are the P1's.

As it stands, I realize I was as much accident as I was planned.
The original lab team that made my mother and father were hoping to have viable offspring from their first constructs, but they couldn't be absolutely sure until, obviously, the two sired a cub on their own. They we happily proven right (and my mom and dad were pretty enthusiastic about it, too),and with a child now, my parents were discharged from military service (they'd both each served an eight-year term first), and allowed to follow a more civilian life (with occasional checks back with the folks at the closest military base to keep in touch).

My parents were something of an oddity, really. Having grown up for their lives around high-tech scientific labs, lots of technology, weapons and military life, you'd think it would reflect in their civilian lifestyle. Instead, they've been very pacifistic, naturalistic, new age-y people. Herbalism, meditation, various forms of self-improvement and awareness have been with me since I was born, for I was inundated with it around my house. At times I wonder if that's why I turned to science, as a sort of counterbalance to all this warm-fuzziness, but even so, it's always been a very strong theme in my life, as much as my pursuit of facts.

I completed my education, and attended college, going to the Midwest to study biology with a minor in botany, and completed my bachelor's degree to then continue on with the university for one of their research programs. I have been doing my study at the Interspecies Access Medical Hospital (IAMH) up until the last two years for the college, with my research on the presence of non-allelic genetic key sequences in variegated species (say that one three times fast!) being grounds for both my master's thesis and publication in medical journals. As a medical research scientist, I've been rather happy working to help people, even if the current study I'm on delves more into the metaphysical, rather than the empirical. But that's better discussed on its own.

I tend to think of myself as a very pragmatic person. While I do realize i that I tend to very focused in my beliefs and views, sometimes to the point of narrowmindedness, it is my conviction to my beliefs that is my strength. I feel it is important to be able to take a choice and stand behind it; there will be many a time when you will bear the weight of the world upon your shoulders, struggling to hold back dissent for the sake of proof of your beliefs. That is, after all, the burden of the scientist: to pursue the truth, no matter what obstacles, and to bring that truth to others.