They, the four humans, explained that my entire life plan to date had been manipulated and controlled as part of an experiment to see how I would react to specific situations and to prescribed stimuli added.
The entire concept was intriguing. However, what was more revealing was the fact that, although it was all an experiment and there were unanticipated side effects to the genetic splicing, the manipulation was necessary to prepare me for a 'task' which lay ahead.
The side effects were linked to behaviour, for one, the uncontrollable 'rage' which would flare up without warning. Medical conditions were the other side effects.