In Breathing Vapor, Pepe, the young Tau Cetian child, has a doll. It’s a simple doll, made out of scrap material but she loves it and cares for it, just like children on Earth do.
But how can that be? Pepe lives on Tau Ceti, 11.9 light years away. She’s humanoid, not human. Why would she play with dolls?
I recently attended an exhibition of dolls. They were all different, made of different materials, wearing different costumes but almost every culture on Earth had a variation on the doll. Dolls were placed in the Egyptian tombs as early as the 21st Century BC, and they might, just might, have been the world’s first toys.
Why?
Because dolls weren’t seen as mere playthings. Caring for dolls was training for little girls (and sometimes boys). They learned how to take care of their siblings and eventually their own children. The garments they crafted for their dolls were practice tries for human garments.
Sometimes dolls had magical, spiritual or ritual significance. Some were passed down from mother to daughter. They were important culturally.
Because Tau Cetians are humanoid and reproduce similarly to humans, it makes sense that they would also need to teach their future moms how to care for offspring. Aumakua, Pepe’s mother, is a garment fabricator also. She’d wish for her daughter to follow in her footsteps. Pepe would likely start with her doll’s garments.
Now that Vapor has learned about dolls and their importance for offspring, all cyborgs will likely craft these toys for their own offspring. Cyborgs share information. They would share their knowledge about dolls also.
Did you have a doll as a child?
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Vapor is the most advanced cyborg the Humanoid Alliance has ever developed. He’s a finely honed weapon, a warrior without parallel, half man and half machine. No lock can contain him. No being can stop him. Whatever he wants, he takes.
He wants Mira Breazeal, the Designer’s daughter.
She’s his one temptation, his sexy target. Vapor shouldn’t crave her caresses, steal her kisses, make her scream with ecstasy. The cyborgs want her dead and they would question his loyalty if he didn’t kill her. The humans would shoot him on sight if he dared to touch her.
Their love is forbidden. Their desire could be lethal. One human and one cyborg will risk everything for a moment of passion.
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I did, Raggedy Ann. I still have her. She had multiple “surgeries”, arm replacement, several eye replacements, I think a leg or two also. My grandmother made her for me and she’s one of my most cherished possessions.
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