Tet Chang - Is There a Genetic Deformity?

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Tet chang is like, ya, those human beings in the story are just like human beings that we know. It's, it really is that the rules have changed, but they're all very human responses to just completely different circumstances. So in in this story, its it's mainly focused on neil. Neil is someone who is born with a genetic deformity, something like with his leg that makes him a little misshapen and also limp,. And one shorter, several inches shorter than the other leg.

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