>> For some examples, how about Yuri
>
>Food for thought; Yuri has a whole other kid we know next to nothing
>about.

Ah, Afura. She's kind of an orphan - not in the customary sense, obviously, but in terms of story construction. She was originally intended to be part of a "second wave" that happened around 2410... and then the rest of it didn't happen.

>I like to imagine that sometime around 2420 Afura is going to be a bit
>chuffed her parents didn't get around to her in a timely enough
>fashion for her to share in all the awesome adventures her
>half-siblings and pseudo-cousins engaged in growing up on account of
>being between the ages of five and twelve at the time. :)

I think "chuffed" means the opposite of what you think it means...

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