The Construct's Childhood

The troubled childhood of the first posthuman as it is shaped by destiny.

As the triad ascends into the holy sanctuary of Amenti as the all-powerful Ogdoad, the child created from Feng's failure grows up, caught between plans thousands of years old and the desires of its own heart. A friend from the deep past is reborn, to become the seed for unhumanity, just as Zu is the seed for posthumanity.

Eventually, the conflict is resolved in tragedy, as such things...
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The troubled childhood of the first posthuman as it is shaped by destiny.

As the triad ascends into the holy sanctuary of Amenti as the all-powerful Ogdoad, the child created from Feng's failure grows up, caught between plans thousands of years old and the desires of its own heart. A friend from the deep past is reborn, to become the seed for unhumanity, just as Zu is the seed for posthumanity.

Eventually, the conflict is resolved in tragedy, as such things do.
'Each gift will define the adult Zu becomes. The first will give heritage, the combined forces of what came before. The second will birth a new language of power and ability. The third will bring a new form of life.
Great as they are, the gifts are secondary to this tale. This is the story of a child finding their first and perhaps only true friend. These unprecedented gifts mean little when compared to a child's simple knowledge that I am not alone.'
Birthed from the minds of its transhuman creators, Zu is the first posthuman, and markedly different from other people, let alone children. By 2 years old, Zu talks in compound sentences. By four, Zu's grown to four feet tall. But Zu's gaze is what distinguishes it most; there is an ancient wisdom startling the onlooker, one encompassing vast knowledge, deep experience and lived pain unnatural for one so young.
Fluent in the languages of both human and machine, this child must be nurtured carefully. With such enormous potential, Zu must remain hidden; Abraxas, the organization responsible for the downfall of Zu's father Feng, would enslave and warp such a construct.

But what kind of life can the world's first posthuman expect, when the essence of such a being is light years ahead of even transhuman understanding?