The Alien Female Doctor Froze Mid Scan This Human DNA Shouldn't Exi

Thousands of years of refinement, no disease, no weakness, no wasted code. Ancient, violent, relentless traces of plagues, ice ages, asteroid impacts, predators, wars, starvation, extinction level events, each one burned into the genome, each one survived, adapted, absorbed. She pulled up galactic records, cross-referenced, compared no other species carried this, not the armored drawback, not the psychic learn, not the crystal-borne chyrex, only humans, because no other species had been forced to fight their own planet. She stared at him, his fragile-looking mammal, soft skin, no claws, no armor, no psychic shield. Later, when the station was secured, when the enemy retreated, when survivors gathered in stunned silence, Zyra updated her report.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/little-scifi-stories-on-the-go--7033804/support.