Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

by Octavia E. Butler

Who among the Oankali was speaking for the interests of resister Humans? Who had seriously considered that it might not be enough to let Humans choose either union with the Oankali or sterile lives free of the Oankali? Trade-village Humans said it, but they were so flawed, so genetically contradictory that they were often not listened to.

All people who know what it is to end should be allowed to continue if they can continue.