divine-conception

In this chapter, Murray cares for his embryo daughter growing in an ectogenesis machine, relocating her for safety and reflecting on the implications of her existence. He reconnects with Georgina Sparks, a pregnant lesbian friend, who shares news of a bomb attack that destroyed the Preservation Institute and killed the marine biologist Marcus Bass, raising fears about threats to Murray's embryo. The chapter explores the miraculous and controversial nature of the embryo's conception, with Georgina interpreting it as a divine event, while Murray remains skeptical but concerned about enemies targeting the child.