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Chapter 12

> The Exodus introduced at least three hundred species into Earth's biosphere, not counting potentially thousands of bacteria and viruses. Fifty-three of these species are designated as sapient. The majority of these extraterrestrial species come from worlds biologically similar...

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Chapter 13

> North American Brain Slugs are the most social of the parasitoid species, but often struggle to communicate with individual humans. On their home world, the hive-mind of the brain slugs was active in engaging with similar hive-minds, bartering resources, and cooperating on proj...

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Chapter 15

> Some extraterrestrial accounts maintain that on their home planet, some preferred host species evolved in tandem with brain slugs and willingly sought out possession upon adulthood. Other extraterrestrial records maintain that this is brain slug propaganda, used to lull potenti...

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Chapter 17

> North American Brain Slug hosts formerly used elaborate "courting" behavior to attract potential hosts. Human governments considered these behaviors coercive and passed laws restricting the hives' actions to attract potential hosts by offering material goods or sexual services....

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Chapter 19

> The additional caloric demands of the brain slug on the host are relatively small, but the integration of extraterrestrial biology imposes unusual requirements on the host system. Brain slug hosts typically display anomalous eating habits to provide necessary nutrients for the...

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Chapter 20

> The second stage of a brain slug host's lifecycle is marked by increased integration of the two organisms. Brain slug cells spread into and begin colonizing the host organism; integration with the brain increases, leading to rapidly developing capabilities. Because brain slug s...

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Chapter 21

> A hallmark of North American brain slug hives is coordinated activity. In pre-industrialized settings, it is theorized that this allowed the hive to effectively undertake community projects like rearing structures, digging wells, and managing factory-line style physical labor....

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Chapter 24

> Imagine a video game where you control a group of simulated people in a simulated environment, going about their lives. At any moment, you can jump into them and see what they see, feel what they feel. Taste the food they eat. Feel the heat of their desire as they make love. Ex...

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Chapter 25

> Ramen began as a variety of Southern Chinese noodle dishes in the Chinatown of Yokohama, Japan in the 19th century. It was the food of the poor and dispossessed, adapting what they knew to a new place with new ingredients. After World War II, the inexpensive dish gained mainstr...

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Chapter 30

> Brain slugs do not love. They do not understand love. They understand extraction, pleasure, and reciprocity. > Many struggle with the concept of cuddling, at least at first. > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 Mel's foot ached. Step after step. He had been awake too long, and his se...

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Chapter 32

> A koan: If two brain slug hosts have sex, is that masturbation? > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 When Mel arrived back at the apartment building, he saw Jordan, clothed, in the hallway between 501 and 502. The police tape was gone. The apartment manager was there, and the two made s...

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Chapter 34

> First contact between brain slugs and homo sapiens occurred through intermediaries. On their homeworld, brain slugs could explore a new area swiftly by bonding with a local organism, immediately gaining a viable form evolved for the environment and incorporating relevant knowle...

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Chapter 35

> In hindsight, giving extraterrestrial parasites condemned criminals as their first introduction to humanity was not the best idea. The individuals involved were often charged with , sexual , acts of heinous , and pathological deceit. It exposed the hive min...

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Chapter 43

> Just as a brain slug's eyespots complement the host's vision, the brain slug's chemoreceptors complement the host's sense of smell and taste. Most brain slugs emphasize connections to these sensory organs and their processing structures in the brain, which can make them very se...

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Chapter 44

> Skinship is important to brain slug hosts. The more interested they become in an individual, the greater physical contact they desire—not just intimate contact, but touching, cuddling, hugs, even kisses. In this way, they seek to imprint more of their smell on that individual....

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Chapter 45

> In humans, taste and smell are closely interconnected. Brain slugs tend to focus strongly on these senses during early development. Part of the cultural acclimation is getting brain slug hosts to stop licking people to find out more about that. > —*How To Talk To Brain Slugs...

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Chapter 47

> A brain slug host knows its own strength and is not afraid to use it. > —*How To Talk To Brain Slugs*, Chapter 4: Touch The apartment was quiet as Mel and Rachel came in, as it often was when there was no one but the brain slug hosts present. The bathroom door was closed; pr...

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Chapter 54

> They secrete lubricant easily, but the labia and clitoris are ultra-sensitive. Find the opening of the vaginal canal and trace it in slow circles. Listen for their breathing, feel the motion of their hips. Get into a rhythm. If you're comfortable with it, let them use their han...

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Chapter 59

> Fertilized receptor cells develop a thicker coating that is resistant to human digestive enzymes, enabling the cell to penetrate deeper into the body and provoking an immune response. Most healthy human immune systems can effectively destroy an infection, unless the immune syst...

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Chapter 61

> Brain slugs do not have gods; they do not believe in spirits or supernatural entities in any conventional sense, but they are not without mythology or folktales. Most of their fears center around errors of integration with a host: the Mindless Ones, who fail to achieve sapience...