The name is demeaning, intended to belittle those of us quickened in the crèche rather than born normally. We are the same as naturally-born humans, identical in every particular…save that our DNA is free of so many of the deficiencies and abnormalities of theirs.How many of you accept that name, even use it yourselves? You are not Tanks, you are human beings, entitled to the same basic rights as any other man or woman. No longer will we accept the marginalization, the restrictions on the number of quickenings. No longer will our people be used as tools of those who look down on us.I call to our brothers and sisters in the Corps, noble warriors now engaged in a vile and unjust operation. The Mules—others among us labeled and marginalized by a derogatory name—have been treated badly. They have been forbidden from quickening more of their numbers. They are our cousins, our natural allies. No more will we stand for the oppression we have endured. I call to all of you—and to our naturally-born brothers and sisters who truly value justice.
