Dehumanized (Second Edition) translated from the German by MEMBERNO

By Robin Erler (March, 2001) as expanded by [email protected] (August, 2001)

Chapter 1

“In 2032 the law against overpopulation was passed,” the professor lectured, “After which a married couple was allowed only one boy and one girl as descendants. Any further children had to give up their existence as human beings upon completion of their thirteenth year of life.”

A whispering ran through the room, in which, in addition to the professor of surgery there were four students and two young boys in a corner. Everyone was familiar with how strictly the law was enforced.

“However, sensitive lawmakers soon determined that only the human aspects of existence had to be ended and that children didn’t have to be forcibly taken to be disembodied. So, they expanded the law by one paragraph, which stated exactly what “dehumanization” meant. What are the four conditions of dehumanization?” he asked the students.

“They may not reproduce.”

“And they can no longer speak and write,” spouted the two female students.

“Dehumanized individuals are separated from their birth families,” said the somewhat larger student, and, after hesitating briefly and a sharp look from the professor, the second continued with “From then on they must be recognizable as dehumanized, that is recognized as an object. Either their bodily appearance is modified to that of an animal or and otherwise special indication.”

“Good,” said the professor, satisfied, and went over to the two boys who were naked, hunched over on a stool. The one had bright white skin, blond hair, a muscular backside and was tall and slender. He showed no signs of puberty. The skin of the other boy was a uniform brown the color of freshly poured cocoa. His eyes were dark. He was a bit smaller but had a more powerful build. His baddy was, however, completely hairless, both around his genitals and on his head.

“Here we have two boys, twelve years of age, who are about to be dehumanized. The operations are scheduled for this afternoon. You will now have the opportunity to apply what you have learned and practiced in the simulator to a living body.

With Joe, the smaller one with brown skin, our colleagues in dermatology have already permanently removed all hair. In doing so they utilized a new procedure, which consists of a combination of nutritional supplements, laser treatment together with special substances that are applied to the skin. This destroys the hair’s roots, which are not active. He’ll never grow any hair again. This is the special desire of his new owner, just as is the removal of his front teeth.

So that he will no longer be able to speak and write, we ascertained yesterday with the neurologist which areas of his brain handle speech and pleasure. It will be our job to destroy the speech center with a small laser burn and to install electrodes in his pleasure center. He’s to be sterilized only, not castrated, because otherwise he wouldn’t be adapted for his future assignment.

“Waldemar,” pointing to the large, light skinned youth, “was sold by his parents as a dog. We will make the corresponding alterations to his body.”

“Come here, Waldemar,” said the professor and motioned to the boy to come to him. When he was standing next to him, the man picked up his magic marker and said, “I will show you the detailed modifications to be mad, for in future he’ll run on all fours.” With these words, he painted lines around the boy’s fingers and under his knees.

“His new owner desires total removal of all external indications of his sex.” The boy’s face remained impassive as the professor drew a ring around his tiny genitals and nipples. “We’ll also castrate him, carry out a penectomy and take off his nipples.” Now the professor drew lines on his head. “Then we’re to cut off his ears.”

“Why would anyone take someone dehumanized and not a real dog?” the shy student asked.

“Oh, that, as is the case with most of the dehumanized, is for primarily sexual reasons,” answered the professor. “More and more people live alone. A dehumanized individual gives them the opportunity to satisfy their sexual needs anyway. That it’s not genetically an animal with which he or she is copulating avoids charges of sodomy. It’s also not sex with children, since, it’s not really human any more. Gay men like to have their future pet castrated since that will prolong its youthful appearance. Women, on the other hand, for well understood reasons, seldom have their pets castrated. While we’re at lunch, the operating assistants Fritz and sister Erica will prepare them. We’ll meet again at 2:00 p.m. in OR three.

Chapter 2

“Ah, you’re all here again and punctually, I see. Please prepare yourselves for the first operation. Here is the washroom. You’ll be assisted in putting on your sterilized clothing. You can look into OR three through the window. Our dental colleagues are still busy with Joe. As I mentioned before, just his front teeth up to the eyeteeth are being removed. Afterward, we will carry out the cutting and sterilizing. In closing, there will still be the brain operation. Well, let’s do it.”

After about ten minutes, the professor and his students entered the OR. “Your got here at just the right time, my colleague,” said the dentist. “We’ve just completed removal of the teeth. For most it was a new experience to feel how it is when the patient’s tooth resists initially and then comes out with a pull. And when can one ever pull such pretty teeth?”

Normally, we have to do it to teeth destroyed either by decay or accident.

With a motion of his eyebrows the surgery professor said goodbye to his colleague and his assistant. “First we need a local anesthetic – here, here and here,” he said, sticking a needle into the various areas of the sex of the little boy, who lay before him with legs spread wide apart.

After the anesthetic had begun to work, the professor said, “Ladies, your part.” Carefully, a female student made two cuts into the small scrotum. With little tongs, the epididimus was pulled as far out of the scrotum as possible. The female student pulled so far that the testicle was visible through the cut. Then she cut off the epididimus and cauterized the bleeding with electricity. Next she pushed the testicle back and put a small cutter into the wound to close off the epididimus where it joined the body. Joe watched for the whole time as the same thing happened on the other side. Next, the incisions were sealed.

Another female student now grabbed the boy’s penis. She pulled back the foreskin and put a sort of thimble onto the head. Then she pushed the skin back over the piece of metal again. Now she took a special laser scalpel, to avoid bleeding, and cut around the head. In seconds the head of the boy’s penis had been freed.

“Female owners like circumcision because it’s easier to keep clean,” the professor explained. “But now on to more complicated things. First we need a local anesthetic about here and there,” he said, laying Joe’s head on a pattern on which were marked the exact locations of the cuts to be made in his head. “Who’s doing the injections?’

“Until the anesthetic works, we’ll put the holder on his head and check out the computer which later will drill the holes through his skull and drive the laser.” Joe’s head was laid to the side and a prepared layout was fastened to it. He let each of his cohorts examine the exact site and the programming of the computer.

“So, now it’s ready. Mr. Ebstein,” the large student stepped up, “Here’s the scalpel.”

Already well trained by the exercises in the simulator, he cut through the scalp at two spots and pulled these apart with clamps. The machine immediately began to bore the small hole through the bone. Slowly and exactly, so as not to harm the brain.

Automatically a long, thin probe sank into the just-bored opening. When the probe pulled out again, they saw the thin wires of the electrodes.

“Now we have to check for proper functioning” said the professor. An assistant connected the cables from the boy’s brain to a small device.

The professor pressed a button on the device and the boy’s penis stiffened right up. “Ladies and gentlemen, note the strong reaction, despite the anesthetic!” Now the professor released the button and just as rapidly as it had appeared, the erection subsided. The assistant removed the device and pushed the cable under the covering of the skull. “The impulses will be received by an antenna installed under the skull. These can be sent out by his owner using a small transmitter. Thus, he is always ready.”

“But, let us continue,” with these words the professor pressed a button on the computer. Again the machine began to bore a small hole slowly through the bone. When it was ready, another, thinner metal probe inserted itself into the opening.

“Even when the computer is controlling the machine using all the data from yesterday’s examination, the process must be constantly supervised, in order to be able to intercede in case of danger. Aside from that, we have to observe the success of our intrusion. Joe, how much is two times three?” the professor finally spoke to the boy.

“Six” he answered.

“Right.”, spoke the professor and turned to the students, “and now the third step, the laser.” A fully automated long thin probe inserted itself into the opening that had been drilled before. Suddenly it smelled slightly of burned flesh. Then the probe was pulled back out again.

“Before we close again, we first test for success. Joe, what’s three times two?”

"Hamanannajablesessssssshmmm”

“Move your legs.”

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”

“As you see, he can neither speak nor understand what we are saying. After some practice, he’ll obey his new owner. An now we can close up.”

The holes in his skull were plugged with pieces of bone and the skin glued together. “A small bandage and his owner can take both him and the transmitter. Now we go to do the big operation on Waldemar,” said the professor after the fixture had been removed from Joe’s head.

Chapter 3.

After changing his gloves, the professor and his four students entered OR 2. On the table lay Waldemar, already narcotized. The operating assistants were already waiting. “Everything’s clear – pulse and blood pressure are fine,” the anesthesiologist informed them, unasked.

“Which modifications to his body are needed? I have already sketched something in advance. He’s to continue life as a dog. Now his fingers get in the way of walking on all fours. We’ll amputate those first. At the same time we’ll solve the problem with the ability to write. Running on his toes is nearly impossible and would lead quickly to spinal damage. When walking on his knees, the feet and lower calf get in the way. These will be removed next. We’ll turn the kneecap so that it will serve as a surface to walk on. Following that will be the complete removal of the genitals and nipples. Our student, Irene, I believe, is looking forward to this. Finally, his ears will be cut down and, to prevent him from speaking, a few nerves to the tongue will be crippled. Because of this, it may come about that he slobbers a bit, which a dog also does.” After this introduction by the professor, they began to carry out the modifications discussed to the body of the twelve year old blond boy.

Each student was responsible for a different part. The two male students cut the flesh off from around the roots of his fingers, cut through the ligaments and removed the first three fingers up to the joint. One finger after another fell into a container. Just the first two sections were cut off his thumbs. What remained were two palms. The open areas were reshaped and the skin closed. In the next few days, those areas would swell a bit. Later it will look as though he never had fingers on his paws.

They cut in under the right knee to the bone. The ligaments were fastened to the lower calf and the bones removed from the kneecap. The kneecap was relocated below, held in place with some of the ligaments. The flesh was shaped and sealed. The left leg followed in like manner.

“Now we’ll take off the nipples. We’ll replace them with a round piece of skin from the lower leg, which has been removed. Later it will look as if he never had nipples.”

Now it was the female students’ turn. Around the area of the nipples, they cut in with a scalpel. Using a scraper, they carefully removed the nipples. They cut a large piece of skin from the amputated lower legs, laid it on the wound and sealed it to the surrounding tissue.

“Clean work,” the professor complimented them, “and now you may remove his manhood.”

With visible enthusiasm, the two young ladies began to cut open around the scrotum. With two quick cuts they severed the testicles’ cords right next to the body. They laid the two balls and the scrotum into the container with the fingers. The penis is removed completely, including the part between the legs in the body that causes erections. The urethra was relocated between the legs. After the skin was closed up, there was no indication of male genitals.

“My little eunuch,” said Irene, almost lovingly.

“Be careful with the ears,” said the professor, “keep to the markings, because if you hit the main artery, there’ll be a big mess.”

With care, the two female students ran the scalpel from above to below, separating the ear, so that only a small stub remained. Two more small cuts and the little pieces fell into the container as well.

“Now we have to go into the mouth,” said the professor. With that, the anesthesiologist removed the mask, while making sure that his patient could still breath through a tube in his nose. With a pointed device with a laser on its end, the professor indicated how to cut through the corresponding nerves.

“Everything went well. He can go to the recovery room. If the cuts heal normally, the future owner of Waldi will be able to take him home in five days and make use of him.