The morality of any type of relationships can be discussed as one of the topics in Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild,” the fiction short story that was first published in 1984. In her story, the author discusses how different the world can be in the future. Butler also concentrates on the understanding of slavery with the focus on relations of humans and similarities of past, current, and future problems related to the topics of love, family, reproduction, and life (Thibodeau 263). The reader can view the world and order described by the author as unhealthy, strange, and promoting the ideals of slavery. Nevertheless, although the story depicted in “Bloodchild” is often discussed as being about enslavement, it is more reasonable to state that the main theme of this story is dependence and its different dimensions as Octavia Butler focuses on the interdependence of both Terrans and the Tlic, as well as on their deceptive independence. From this point, dependence is one of the key themes in the story. In spite of the fact that Butler rejected the idea that she intended to discuss the problem of the humans’ enslavement in her work, it is impossible to ignore the accentuation of the issue of dependence in “Bloodchild” (Jarrett 408). Terrans can be viewed as dependent on the Tlic because the aliens can make them healthier, and their life can become longer. Thus, from the moment of stabilization of relations between humans and aliens, the Tlic provided Terrans with eggs that “prolonged life, prolonged vigor” (Butler 1). Moreover, Terrans are dependent on the Tlic because they can be secured only in the Preserve (Joo 281). Gan, a young male character in the story, described the protection provided by T’Gatoi, one of the Tlic, for his family, and he noted “Only she and her political faction stood between us and the hordes who did not understand why there was a Preserve – why any Terran could not be courted, paid, drafted, in some way made available to them” (Butler 2). Such life has many features similar to the enslavement and absence of rights, and such conditions accentuate the Terrans’ dependence. However, it is possible to note that the power of the Tlic on the planet is rather questionable, and they are also directly dependent on humans and their ability to give a life to more new Tlic. The author accentuates that the Tlic view male Terrans as containers for their eggs or as reproduction systems to receive the posterity. Female Terrans are viewed as producers of more males in order to guarantee that the nation of Tlic will live on the planet during a long period of time (Lillvis 8). Therefore, in spite of discussing humans as “convenient, big, warm-blooded animals” or “ little more than convenient, big animals,” the Tlic are in need of humans (Butler 5). While being so dependent on Terrans, the aliens cannot balance their relations with humans; therefore, their society is divided into those who protect Terrans, and T’Gatoi belongs to them, and those who dream about the complete enslavement of humans. Another perspective is the focus on the close dependent relations of humans and the Tlic represented with references to the example of Gan’s family and their relationships with T’Gatoi. Their close communicati