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Pack Hunting by Zeebop
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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Escargot Fuck Yourself by Zeebop
Chapter 22
> The North American brain slug is still finding its place in the complex ecosystem of Earth. Their survival is not guaranteed. Interaction with humans remains the leading cause of for brain slugs and their hosts. > —National Geographic Field Guide to Extraterrestrial Spe...
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The Hive Remembers by Zeebop
Chapter 23
> When dealing with the North American Brain Slug, the most important thing to remember is that, as a hive organism, injuries and insults inflicted on individual brain slug hosts will be communicated to every other host. The hive remembers those who hurt it. > —National Geograp...
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Weirdly, Terribly Exposed by Zeebop
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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Access by Zeebop
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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Crime Scene by Zeebop
Chapter 26
> Humans process sexual response in a number of areas of the brain. Each individual brain slug connects to its host's brain in a unique way. As a result, some brain slug hosts experience a heightened sexual response compared to others. The "brain slug slut" is a reality, although...
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Just another brain slug thing by Zeebop
Chapter 31
> Brain slugs do not have a word for love. They have a complex biochemical marker for the addictive properties of specific neuropeptides and hormones that the host brain secretes. Oxytocin is a hell of a . > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 Mel lay on his bed, unable to move. The ma...
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Circumstances by Zeebop
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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Territorial Marker by Zeebop
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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Oddly Okay With It by Zeebop
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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