I'm just making my way through Dark Age now for the first time and the mention of Volga being made in a tube reminded me that Pinks are the same way, so.... what will happen to them?
They are chemically sterilised and made in breeding tubes, with weaker bones and lower pain thresholds. They are trained in gardens from young ages on how to please Golds and implanted with the Cupid's Kiss.
Would The Republic keep these programs around? Surely not. Even Lysander says that Pinks were a mistake that Gold shouldn't have made/ didn't need to rule. Would they work on restoring their bodies back to a more normal status? That kind of surgery for all of the entire caste would take ages and be very expensive. Will they just go extinct?
Just an idle thought I had. I'll try and finish the book as fast as I can now