Dae

==== Dae (both singular and plural) are constructed intelligent beings, as opposed to grae, or grown beings. Dae were once common on Symbia, but over time fell into disuse, with only one surviving to modern times, Symn. Symn is memetically related to all extant dae. The Terran equivalent English term is "android"-- an intelligent robot. ====

The dae reproductive process involves at least one parent dae, who selects the traits of daes descendant. (Contrast that grae inherit traits from their parents, but those traits are randomly determined by genetic combination.) Once the traits are selected, the proto-dae is placed within the birth parent, who provides dae with energy and matter until it reaches sufficient complexity to be separated. It is possible for the selecting dae and the birth parent to be the same, that is, for a descendant dae to have only one parent. No currently extant dae have a single parent, however; two is the norm, although more parents are possible, with the only limitation being that one parent must be dae, while the other(s) may be dae or grae.