The people from the Waknuk society do not tolerate differences within their population. In fact they hang messages up in their homes that say things like "beware of the deviant." In addition to their aversion to genetic diversity, the Waknuk people actually kill or expel members of the community that are too genetically different.
On the other side of the issue of genetic diversity are the Sealand people. They see genetic diversity as natural. Not only natural, but they also see it as good. At the very end of the book, the woman from Sealand explains to David how his ability makes him genetically superior to the rest of the Waknuk society. She tells him to embrace his genetic differences because they make him far superior to the Waknuks who will soon die out.
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