Her thoughts are of Lori, how Lori could have lived to see Judith instead of dying on a filthy floor in an abandoned prison. How, if Maggie and Glenn wanted to, they could have kids without worrying about Maggie surviving it. How she could, someday, if she met somebody who lived long enough to get close to. Technology like that would have changed their lives--if they had some way to make it work, back in the ruins of modern life.

Gene-cleaned brings her back to the reality that Byerly's used to, and she frowns again. On the face of it, it doesn't sound terrible--of course people want healthy babies, that's just common sense--but messing around with people's genes seems like a dangerous way to do it. "Why does all your technology end up being creepy?"