The Importance of Knowing When to Start

Anthropologist tells how he and his colleagues have been forced to dig into their own bodies in order to cure them of the disease. They use forceps, tweezers,. honed needle sharp, and a scalpel - but do not recoil when they touch your skin. The longer you wait, the larger it grows, more difficult to contain or remove. It starts as a shadow beneath the skin, a small black dot, growing like an embryo beneath the surface of yourself. But by all means, keep covering your mouth. There's no need for infection on top of our troubles. I could take you deeper into the caves to see what awaits us all; there is no danger.

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