Zhartha checked the monitor once again. Each creature was floating at hip level and asleep. Strange creatures he thought, but then he had been studying humans for the last two hundred years.
"Incoming message from High Council," the announcement was made into his ear piece. He switched the image over on the monitor.
High Councilor Xanthar's foreboding image crystallized. "Greetings Observer Zhartha. Your requested has been debated and discussed. This is indeed new ground never explored before."
Zhartha remained silent as he stared into the monitor.
Xanthar looked down briefly before resuming, "Do you truly believe you can succeed in producing a viable product? The evidence shows that males tend to get aggressive in captivity and have to be eliminated and only a few females become docile enough to adapt."
Everything Zhartha had strived for would hang on his response, but he had been preparing for this very question. "Although past studies have proved those conclusions, I believe that altering the female's anatomy will produce the desired outcome."
"And what of the male?" replied Councilor Xanthar pressing his point.
Xanthar could hear victory in the question. "I believe the High Council is correct. The male will only be kept, in an unconscious state, and used to produce the needed sperm. I already have the ova's from our females to use for experimentation. Afterwards, with the High Council permission, that specimen will be terminated."
A smile played across Xanthar's lips, "And what of the female?"
"I believe that after her anatomy is altered, I will be able to succeed using my own sperm for the experiment," replied Zhartha as he bowed his head to the monitor.