jethrien

I don't think she's ready by our standards, but she may be ready by the standards of the new hybrid society they're forming. But I agree--this is an opportunity to discuss the fact that all the normal rules are being thrown out the window and that without antibiotics and anesthesia and other modern medical supplies that are running out, either an abortion or childbirth might well kill her before she's 19. And even if she survives this one, there's no telling that she'll survive the next. There's a huge yawning chasm of culture clash and changing mores and real threat of death that Flint just leaps right over.