"Our thinking’s progressed since then, doctor. The old categories, Mechanist and Shaper—they’re a bit outmoded these days, aren’t they? Life moves in clades." He smiled. "A clade is a daughter species, a related descendant. It’s happened to other successful animals, and now it’s humanity’s turn. The factions still struggle, but the categories are breaking up. No faction can claim the one true destiny for mankind. Mankind no longer exists."