Conditionally Human

An inspector for a bio-administration agency is ordered to locate and test a batch of factory-made quasi-human animals suspected of mental or glandular deviation, working under a tight, seven-day mandate while managing limited kennel space and administrative pressures. Domestic scenes show his spouse's moral revulsion at his duties and the community's emotional attachments to engineered pets. The plot follows the procedural search and seizure of suspect units and the handling of unclaimed animals, using the investigation to probe questions of intelligence, personhood, bureaucratic authority, and the conflict between professional obligation and human sympathy.