The Mingling of the Blood

What's with the Name?

The Mingling of the Blood is the name given to the process by which Human x Fae hybrid offspring are born. Despite the name, however, the process does not involve the spilling of any blood nor, indeed, the exchange of any bodily fluids. One assumes the name derives merely from the coming together of the two distinct bloodlines of Human and Fae.

Process

Fae x Human reproduction is not sexual in either the strict biological sense of the word nor in the sense of there being any intimate physical contact between the two participants, although some humans do, nevertheless, experience a sensation akin to but quite distinct from that of sexual ecstasy.

The process starts with an exchange of genome sequences between the participants --- an exchange that involves information (albeit on a level beyond human perception or understanding) rather than any physical exchange of genetic material. Once this has completed, a sprinkling of faerie magic causes the DNA in an ovum of the recipient (Fae or Human) to be randomly resequenced into hybrid DNA which, in turn, triggers a kind of parthenogenesis from which develops the hybrid child.

In its objective of producing hybrid offspring, the Mingling of the Blood has a very high success rate, usually failing only where the Human or Fae concerned would be unable to bear a child by any means or, in rare instances, where there is some genetic incompatibility.

In all cases resulting in pregnancy, multiple births by the same mother, identical and non-identical, are possible but rare.

Gender of Participants and Offspring

Any combination of genders can engage in the Mingling of the Blood; the outcome, in any particular instance, will depend on the sex chromosomes and reproductive organs of the participants thus:

Female Fae x Male Human

Such unions will result in the Fae becoming pregnant, producing a male child in approximately 50% of cases and a female child in approximately 50% of cases.

Male Fae x Female Human

Such unions will result in the Human becoming pregnant, producing a male child in approximately 50% of cases and a female child in approximately 50% of cases.

Female Fae x Female Human

Such unions will result in both Fae and Human becoming pregnant, producing female children in all cases.

Male Fae x Male Human

The pleasure response from a Male Fae x Male Human bonding is said to be particularly intense but as a way of making babies this is not the way to go.

Offspring Characteristics

Fae x Human hybrids are, in almost all respects, entirely human in nature and physiology, save for the genetic encoding of their Fae ancestry - the so called "faerie-laced DNA". In particular, Fae x Human hybrids are not able initiate a Mingling of the Blood''; they can only reproduce, with each other or with other humans, by sexual means. The likelihood of passing on the faerie-gene to their own offspring is no greater or less than that of passing on any other genetic trait except that they are far more likely to be attracted to one another than to anyone else.

There is no inherent difference between a hybrid child born to a Human mother and one born to a Fae mother, except that the developmental phases in a Fae pregnancy tend to be a lot slower that those in a Human one.

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