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Hello, you —

There are so many things to think about these days, trapped at home, or work, or workhomeSCHOOLhomework, or in a temporary stay to keep your loved ones safe. To not spread the thing you’re not certain of how it will behave. It could end your world; it cough you, shiver you, and vanish with a part of you that won’t become apparent until there’s some support group down the timeline where you tell someone your story of how you miss the smell of your husband’s beard when he’s cooling under the bedroom fan after a hot shower.

No wonder our ancestors opened their heads to let the demons out. Anything to get the world back.
Some people still need this practice, apparently. Do better than them. Accept the reality of history. “Don’t drill a hole in your head”.* Scrutinize the source, not the reality.

*Speaking of sources, ‘Sawbones’ is a good podcast about medical history, and they have an episode on trepanation. Listen for +2 Intelligence on Arcane Medicine rolls.