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I Wish I Knew More About Brain Slugs by Zeebop
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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A Strange and Awesome Cycle of Life by Zeebop
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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Aphid by Zeebop
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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The Beginning of Acceptance by Zeebop
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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Meat on those bones by Zeebop
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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Soft, Wet, Warm Thing by Zeebop
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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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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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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Someone To Need Me by Zeebop
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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