PART 1 - From Conception to Consciousness

Previously

…The being drifted toward sleep, but before it did, it felt something new—a sense of anticipation. The world was growing. The sounds were becoming clearer, the touches more distinct. The being sensed that there was more to come, that the warm, dark world would one day open into something vast and unknown. But that was far away. For now, there was the mother’s heartbeat, the father’s taps, and the quiet assurance that it was loved. The being slept. And in its dreams, it heard the mother’s voice, singing a lullaby that had no end.