The year was 2051. A nuclear explosion had wiped out the full Y chromosome, and so virtually all men had been eradicated from the planet. Due to some mutations within the genomes of females, a new gender had arisen. There were now women and greys. The greys lacked a penis, but their vaginal fluids now contained sperm. Most of the fertile women had perished, and so women at the age of 18 were sent to the local matchmaker to arrange a marriage with a suitable grey. This is the story of one woman and one grey.
Cinna fumbled with her dress as she traipsed through the cold and rain to arrive at the matchmaker's home. Cinna was about to be married to her grey, but questions still swarmed through her head like bees.
What would she look like? How will I cook for her? Am I ready to keep a home? Will we be able to conceive easily?
"Cinna, are you still with me?"
The matchmaker spoke gently and Cinna's soft brown eyes rose from her bland green dress to meet the matchmaker's pale blue eyes.
"Yes Matchmaker."
"Good, today we are going to be learning about how to conceive children. I am sure that your mother and your greyther informed you about some of the basics."
Cinna blushed and looked away. She knew the basic mechanisms of how children were created but she didn't know all of the nuances. When she touched herself at night, she imagined a faceless grey gently fondling her breasts and gently petting the soft folds between her legs.
"I know some things, but not others."
"That's quite alright, as I am sure you know, in this world children are not conceived as easily. It is a step by step process and if one step is off, no children will be produced. The point of your marriage to your grey is to create children, you must try and try again until a child is produced. Of course, you may have more than one child but the likelihood of this occurring is small."
"I understand."
Cinna smiled, she was just happy to connect in that way with her grey. Cinna had never been particularly passionate about children, but she was excited to try and make one with her new, and mysterious partner.