"Alcohol is a poison, we just injest it in small enough quantities to usually keep from killing ourselves," Alex says, calmly closing the snake back in its enclosure after emptying its venom glands.
"Exposing myself to micro-doses over an extended period will be a risk, but it's a tried-and-true method of treatment in places without reliable freezing methods- which if we ever lose power for any period of time, we will be," it's a calm, simple explanation.
He stops to reorganize some of his tools, murmuring something about "missing the Mice." The capital letter is kind of audible, somehow. He'd gotten so used to having Aeslin assistants when it came to some of the more mundane scientific tasks. Sorting biological samples had been a form of religious observance for his splinter colony, the way choreographed ballroom numbers were for Verity's, and the mice beginning to form specific worship of Antimony were kept far, far away from firecrackers lest they get ideas.
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"Exposing myself to micro-doses over an extended period will be a risk, but it's a tried-and-true method of treatment in places without reliable freezing methods- which if we ever lose power for any period of time, we will be," it's a calm, simple explanation.
He stops to reorganize some of his tools, murmuring something about "missing the Mice." The capital letter is kind of audible, somehow. He'd gotten so used to having Aeslin assistants when it came to some of the more mundane scientific tasks. Sorting biological samples had been a form of religious observance for his splinter colony, the way choreographed ballroom numbers were for Verity's, and the mice beginning to form specific worship of Antimony were kept far, far away from firecrackers lest they get ideas.