[Play] Rossom Act 1, Scene 4 - Continued

 Marcus:

From the mind of a playwright

Came the heart of a poet

Rossom the mantle he chose

Hearing not  horror

But wonder unimagined

He sought out all the genomes of the Earth

Therein he chose those that he could mold

He hammered and he begged and he borrowed

And in the end he made something entirely new

Something not altogether human

But something that could resemble man

That could serve man

Augment him through its service

A noble companion in a new age

Like the Steed and the Hound of time of old

Now a faithful hand meet for the age of stars

Stella:

But what is a mind?

And how to recreate it in biology?

He had every great mind in the world try

None could give him what he wanted

Then he tried it himself

Using simulation after simulation

He was getting nowhere until he noticed

That the animals in the simulation were doing better than his people

So through a combination of Algae

And simulations of Cuttlefish

He gave us our minds

We act human

Marcus:

And seem human

Helena:

But our minds are modeled off a poisonous fish

Marcus:

But a very clever fish at that.

Helena:

Many people have tried to unlock how Rossom did this

None have succeeded

He guards the secret at all times

Keeping a key around his neck

Ready to swallow it if need be.