J-459: The Silver Blood Problem — Voyager S4E24 'Demon'
Voyager S4E24 — Janeway midwifed a species and left it on a demon planet. The silver-blood duplicates of Kim and Paris achieve consciousness through contact with higher cognition, and beg not to be left alone. Frameworks: The Unwanted Offspring (midwifed and abandoned), The Authentic Belonging That Cannot Be Accepted (counterfeit belonging's edge case), Emergence Without Consent, The Invisible Cage of Origin (biology as cage).