Lim- CHOCOR Intro

"Oh. It's a long story, but it was all because of the King of Wonkaland. He invented a technology that let people edit the genes of babies before they were even born."

"Doesn't he make candy?"

"I think."

Kalan was confident that he was going to go insane.

"What does any of that have to do with candy?"

"CHOCOR worked through chocolate. If an expectant mother ordered a CHOCOR kit, a big box would come filled with several billion teeny-weeny pieces of chocolate, each one the size of a molecule, changing the baby's DNA in a specific way. It came with a long list of instructions explaining which ones to eat in order to make the baby come out the way the mother wanted."

"And this worked?"

"Yes. Suddenly all over the world, there were many smart babies and strong babies and polka-dotted babies. Everyone was very glad for it, since babies are famous for being dumb and weak and fashionably-challenged."

"Good!"

"Oh, not at all. The smart babies were too smart. They all fought each other in a long series of horrible baby wars, using the horrible baby technologies they invented."

Kalan frowned.

"Darn."

"A truce was eventually established, and all the smart babies were banished to Madagascar, where they still battle amongst themselves, often in mini-wars that may or may not have something to do with astronomy. I'm surprised you didn't hear about any of this before, Mr. President. Several hundred million people died."

- Chapter 4: The Fourth Ticket