I was supposed to get a call from an epigenetics researcher this week, but it didn't materialize, at least not yet. On a certain level, epigenetics means genes are not our fate, that the story is more complicated. I have read some articles lately that startled me. Epigenetics is apparently involved in memory, which is a certain plot point in the story. Apparently some of the biomarkers the story references can be tested for. Now, meditation, to take one example, can have an epigenetic effect according to some research. So it is an area where you can take charge of your genes. And epigenetic inheritance is a real area of discussion. Evoltutionary games are too, so in that sense I think it is hard science fiction because I didn't just make it up. But then it is a character driven story, which gets to a friend and also Amazon finding it a SF romance. It's certainly a crossover book, not sitting solidly in one genre. A woman I realized was in a sense an orphan, though not a literal one, is looking for a possible epigenetic link to someone, a link that ties to a prior relationship to her mother. Might it be an epigenetic link, even when it isn't a genetic one? Well a fruit fly experiment has found that, and I didn't make that up. But what kind of implications might that have? The Socratic inquiry begins because just what was that prior relationship? What influence might it have had? Apparently, one on nurture, but what about nature? And what if there is an effect on nature? Actions have implications. It's a scary thought. It would make for a loaded conversation to get that kind of knock on the door.