The Pod Generation -

Mark noticed. “You’re distant.”

The baby was small — too small, really — but her eyes were open, and her mouth was working, and she was crying , a thin, furious wail that filled the room. The Pod Generation

Under her heart. Not in a machine. At Week 26, Rachel stopped visiting the pod every day. She told herself she was busy — work was demanding, the commute was long. But the truth was simpler: she didn’t feel like a mother. She felt like a project manager monitoring a remote asset. Mark noticed

Nothing.

Ellis hesitated. “We don’t usually… but I can route the audio.” and her mouth was working