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remains is a new pattern recognizable, different and similar, like and unlike, at the same time. Working without thought maintaining the new synchronicity achieved and letting go of parts of you, and accepting new found patterns, forgetting your old self and feeling turned inside out. Then much faster than it was achieved the pattern slips away and they found themselves transported back to reality. Sad as if awakening from a dream they didn’t want to end they woke as if they just lost a true reality.
    After a long pause, Le’Ta says “I think that’s what it must be like” and Tu’Tan responded, “I think we’re ready.”
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    It was unusual to wait so long; the norm was to perform the birthing as soon within days after a retirement, assuring the grandparents imprint is as strong as possible. But Tu’Tan had to delay the birthing; the CA had been giving him trouble over the settlement of his parent’s estate, making it impossible for him to concentrate.
    Everyone thought the estate was settled before the retirement, but the CA came back after the retirement, rejecting the award of most A’To’s overtime credits, forfeiting them to the CA. Tu’Tan had to dig up documentation that his father, had luckily, kept, then Tu’Tan had to file an appeal.
    The last thing a birthing needs is even the slightest emotional stress and issues dealing with the CA over a parent’s retirement and the settlement of their estate.
    Tu’Tan’s emotional stress dealing with his parent’s retirement began with the most important episode of his life to date. Important not in a good or bad way, only in that it changed his life and the way he looked at life from that moment forward.
    It was the day that his parents retired; it was a beautiful and profoundly meaningful moment, the moment they passed. Hand in hand, side by side, their lives ended in the same instant. Tu’Tan couldn’t help but feel a deep loss, and a profound gain.
    He lost their company, but in a larger way, he felt they became part of him. In the physical sense, their existence stopped, but at the same instant, they passed to him, those parts of themselves not connected to or dependent on their physical selves.
    The love his parents had for each other, and their children passed to him. It was now his turn to carry the families love, name, and values forward. It was his task, duty, and honor to pass as much of what made his parents who they were and who he is to his children.
    His parents had a long and productive life. They eventually grew tired and fatigued. To have lived a quarter millennia and without seeing a change or improvement in their lives for over a century fosters a feeling of despair. That’s when the thought, then the hope, then the dream of bringing new life into existence takes hold, not only to make room for it but to be part of it, becomes a goal in itself. A’To and Ba’Ni sacrificed their lives to give him birth rights so that Tu’Tan and Le’Ta could have children in Dadr’Ba’s zero population growth society.
    Then, someday after a lifetime of being head of the family and setting the example, Tu’Tan and Le’Ta will pass from existence. He and his love, his life mate, will pass the baton of love and life, like what was given to him, to their children, not unlike the birthing ceremony that started their children’s lives so many years ago.
    Retirement, instead of giving life to something that wasn’t living before, is synching with the living, and leaving behind tired and worn out bodies. A’To and Ba’Ni hadn’t synched with Tu’Tan since his birth. This time, Le’Ta witnessed and participated, Le’Ta had become part of Tu’Tan long ago and couldn’t be separated.
    This time, the synching was very different, this time, they didn’t synch to give strength to initiate life in unanimated flesh, they were too old and too tired for such an arduous task. This time, they synched and allowed their tired,