The Flower of the End

In 2264 AD, the 150th year of the human ban on childbirth, I was lucky enough to be born into this world with the first cry of a baby in hundreds of years. The impact of this event on human society was no less powerful than the meteor that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago and the surrender of Japan hundreds of years ago. "Little Boy", it was a miracle to everyone - I was the first baby they had ever seen, and I might be the last - and I was injected with something black right after I was born. I had no fear, no joy, only curiosity among all my emotions!