Couldnt help myself
What did you do this time? You’re not in trouble?
Trouble
Why trouble
Because you’re troubling. Same
reason why I’m not confrontational.
Im confrontationa . .
.
. And you’re the reason why I’m not. I had to spend my time watching your back.
Oooh
Theres tha
There IS that.
What couldn’t you
help?
Mucus I had a sudden fascination
he
sucked his tonguesounded like fingers snapping
Mucus.
What sent you truckin’?
Curiosity
Mucus curiousSay thas a phonaesthetic Time to shame Tolkien again
You and your obsession with
cellar door.
Know me well
Years and years of strict
training. You’re unrelenting.
Maybe if I let you get knocked senseless a couple of times you wouldn’t
have remained so belligerent . . anhad given me a break.
Ah Friendship
You wouldnt have
wanted to lose my friendship Ive had your
back
I know. I know.
So Mucus
Just popped into my skull no
reasonnot a reason I coud anI tried to ascertain
I’m listening. You wanna tell.
I do . .
. . And don’t start off with you
know . . I don’t.
Okay Youll love thi . .
.
. I won’t, you do.
Yes Therestha
Its a complex
aqueous fluid thas cool huh Hadnt ever
thought of it in that way
Ninetyfive percent water makes sense Were nothing but walkintalkin water balloons Drop us off the top of a building onto
concrete
Well make a splash
You and your fuckin’ visuals.
Seals the deal though don it
he
groaned in his throatslightly shook his heads
Ninetyfive percent water.
Yah
Water with a mix of glycoproteins
yacan figure tha out proteoglycans thatoo lipids ya know proteins ditto an
DNA Knock knock knockin on heavens door You followed
I did.
Great
Back to being a complex aqueous flui . .
.
. I had no doubt you’d doubleback.
To torment me.
he made a pussshook his head
No Sometimes yadon follow me get
lost but donsay Thas frustrating An sometimesyah yadon recall earlier parcels of our
conversation
Which, I’ll admit, you’ve spooky
crazy recall.
Thank you
It’s that lightning bolt that
just went over your head as a baby.
It is I think so
I’ve no doubt. Spooky. Crazy.
Recall. Memory.
I forget, you remember or you remind me.
Kindalike havin two of you
Kinda.
You were sayin’ I’ve forgot.
Complex aqueous
Mucus.
I think its neat
What’s remains to be told?
Cool It owes its I love this viscoelastic tellme thas not cool Its
viscoelastic lubricating hydration ever
think of mucus as hydration thall makeya drop your water bottle off the top of a tall building in a single
bound
Jesus.
Would you say Superman?
Thank you
Its hydration properties to
the glycoprotein visited tha earlier glycoprotein mucin I can go on about tha . .
.
. No.
Stick to hydration.
Okay I told you I stepped in it I coudnt help myself
You did. Continue.
Thanks for not rolling your eyes
You’re welcome.
You rolled your eyes
You prompted me.
Maybe
Maybe reminded you
Maybe.
You were saying?
Mucin
Mucin combined with electrolytes
lipids other smaller proteins
Anthis is really cool
Electron
microscopy of mucosal surfaces reveal a highly convoluted surface with a
network of fibers and pores Varying
sizes
Man, the shit that entertains
you.
One more thing
Will it interest me?
Maybe
You gottasay you gotta tell
me?
I do
hands
wentup to either side of his head
Tell me.
Mucins
Of course.
Mucins an mucinlike domains are
involved in modulating immune response which harass you an inflammation which harrass me . .
. . Two Rs?
Yes Harrass me
An adhesion an
tumorigenesis Tumorigenesis
Tumor Origin Genesis Cool
Means?
Known also carcinogenesis or
oncogenesis
Cancer.
Bingo
See how sharp you are
Arya done?
I’m played out.
Yah Ill buy ya a drink
OH hell no.
You’re buying me several for putting me
through that.
2027, 2sday,
6 2. 24
1129, Thursday,
8 2. 24
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28970050/#:~:text=Mucus%20is%20a%20complex%20aqueous,and%20pores%20of%20varying%20sizes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/mucin#:~:text=Mucins%20are%20heavily%20O%2Dglycosylated,inflammation%2C%20adhesion%2C%20and%20tumorigenesis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/3302#:~:text=Definition,from%20NCI%5D
