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Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: Ahiku Date: February 26, 2015, 12:11 pm
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Well, actually, I've published this text on Tumblr!
HTML http://ahikuboruchi.tumblr.com/post/97674008556/no-6-theory-stressed-waspsBut<br
/>I thought we could also publish it here... to talk about it...
:3 Or to keep it here. (It's easier to find stuff here. XD)
@Lawlya and I have talked about the reason why the wasp in
Shion’s body wasn’t able to develop properly. Of course it’s
just a hypothesis and idle speculation, and everyone should feel
free to form their own opinions on this topic. But we would like
to share our little theory with you, guys. Maybe you think the
same – or you’ve never thought about it and we can broaden your
No. 6 horizons. Or you might think it’s nothing but complete
nonsense. It’s up to you.
Let’s get started.
Shion survived the wasp incident. But not only Shion, Rou
survived as well. But why? The first thing is to know why Shion
was infected.
[quote] "They implanted eggs inside a number of citizens
secretly―just like a wasp would use its ovipositer to lay
eggs inside its host. It was easy enough to give a needle during
scheduled check-ups, saying it was only part of the procedure.
They chose sample citizens who differed in gender, age, build,
and environment. I was one of them. Rou was also chosen as a
host, but it seems Elyurias’ will had some influence in this
case. Both of us survived because the parasite’s development was
incomplete. The host always dies if the adult emerges
successfully.” (Shion, volume 9, chapter 4)[/quote]
Shion assumes that Elyurias’ will had some influence in Rou’s
case. But maybe there is also another reason – namely stress
hormones like adrenaline, cortisol or norepinephrine.
The parasitic wasp is a behavior-altering parasite. And
parasites like that also exist in reality. An example is the
jewel wasp. It induces the behavioral change prior to infecting
the host and interjects venom into the host’s brain. The venom
paralyses the central nervous system and puts the host (a
cockroach) into a state of long-term lethargy. The cockroach
wouldn’t move spontaneously or response if stimulated, but it
stays alive to be food for the pupa until it emerges after a
couple of weeks.
The wasps inside of the citizens of No. 6 and Elyurias also
influence their host’s behavior:
[quote] “She has an enormous intellect―and intellect
that far surpasses that of humankind. And she had the power to
exert perfect control over the hosts. Because of that power, the
hosts were programmed to take actions that were favourable to
the children of Elyurias, oblivious to the fact that they were
being leeched from. For example, their instincts for sensing
danger were honed, and they became increasingly sensitive to
their nutrition. They were controlled to take every effort to
maintain a healthy body; their personalities turned gentle; they
began to avoid disputes. It makes sense that No. 6 citizens were
the only targets. […] These were the absolutely necessary
conditions for the eggs: the host needed to be alive when they
hatched, and the host needed to be healthy. “ (Shion, volume 9,
chapter 4)[/quote]
So people who got that special vaccine were calm, lived securely
and healthy. They avoided everything which could endanger the
lives of Elyurias’ children. They didn’t even showed emotion,
since Shion just started to learn about emotions like anger or
happiness while living in the West Block. Nezumi taught him, but
he was also able to feel something like anger again because the
wasp in his body was gone.
Anger, fear and other strong emotions would have been really bad
for the development of the pupa, because all those emotions
cause a release of adrenaline. According to Lawl’s theory,
adrenaline could trigger the wasp’s hatching, giving the insect
an impulse to come out of their hosts. Just like jewel wasps
they could interject venom into their hosts, for example during
the pupa’s metamorphose. When the venom spreads, the host will
age quickly and also release a huge amount of adrenaline in this
very stressful situation, giving the wasp the sign that it’s
time for its eclosion. It’s a sign for the wasp that the host is
in big trouble and it’s better to leave as long as it’s still
possible.
Shion was one of the specimens, just like Yamase and a lot of
other inhabitants of No. 6. But Shion was not as calm as he
should have been. One of the reasons was Nezumi. Little Shion
obviously had a crush on him. He didn’t probably understand that
it was “love”, but Karan mentioned that he sighed very often and
when Nezumi showed up again and Shion left Safu behind to run
after him, it also caused him to release hormones such as
adrenaline, epinephrine and norepinephrine. And just one day
after all that happened, Yamase died, Shion was taken captive
and had a spectacular, daring escape together with Nezumi.
Suddenly he was far away from No. 6, his mother and his familiar
surroundings, just to experience the garbage dump of the city.
He must have been extremely stressed and scared, and he was
probably in mortal fear. His body released tons of adrenaline
and other hormones that could trigger the wasp’s hatching, but
the pupa wasn’t ready and it wasn’t the pupa (or Elyurias’) that
started the impulse. The stress killed the incompletely
developed pupa and it released its venom. Maybe the venom wasn’t
strong enough to let Shion age, or it had another chemical
composition so that it had other effects on Shion’s body (hair,
skin, eyes, probably his scar, even though we weren’t able to
find a proper reason why Shion’s scar looks like that…).
Rou probably experienced something similar. (Stress because he
learned that No. 6 planned the genocide of the Mao people,
because they wanted Elyurias, and Rou was the one who paved the
way for it with his Elyurias researches.) But maybe it was also
Elyurias’ doing, since she seemed to be interested in Rou. She
has the power to control and dominate over humans, after all.
No. 6 wanted that power and they had access to that power. They
were even able to control the acceleration of the wasp’s
development. Fura was one of their human guinea pigs. If the
stress theory is correct, Fura didn’t have a wasp inside of his
body when he visited Nezumi & Co, because they stressed and
scared him so much that it should have influenced the
development of his wasp. But the man in the lab coat used him
for a little experiment. After capturing him, they gave him an
electro shock. Nobody knows how long Fura stayed in the
correctional facility before he died. They injected the egg and
controlled its development in a perfect environment. In the end
they used sound waves (infrasound) to trigger the wasp’s
eclosion. Infrasound is a stress inducing weapon and caused the
body to secrete the hormone cortisol. They stressed Fura to give
the wasp the needed hatching impulse and they could also control
other things:
[quote] “[…]But success is still success. A little
more―just a little more, and they will be completely under
our control. Hatching, acceleration of development, eclosion,
and the laying of eggs. We’ll control it all. […] With our last
sample, we couldn’t control the eclosion phase. With the male
index case, and the male Park Administration worker, the best we
could do was predict the period of eclosion. It’s been how many
months since then? In a mere few months, we’ve been able to get
this far.” (Man in the lab coat, No. 6, volume 4, ch. 3)[/quote]
Well, to cut a long story short. We think that Shion survived
because he had a lot of stress. In the end the Security Bureau
saved him accidentally, because they stressed him before his
pupa was completely developed. Good for him, right? :3
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: Meopat Date: March 1, 2015, 2:03 am
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This is a chunk of info! I had to sit down properly to digest it
all, but I agree! When I first read the manga/novels, I came up
with the same conclusion too: that stress caused Shion's bee to
hatch prematurely.
I think Shion primarily survived because he knew of the bee's
existence. (After Yamase's death, Shion didn't rule out the
possibility that he could also be a victim. He kept guard of his
neck and even though he tried to reassure himself that it was
just a blister, he knew, when the time came, that the source of
his pain was because he had been host to a bee.) I imagine that
if Nezumi had not cut the bee out of Shion, his body would not
have had time to develop antibodies and counter the bee's venom.
[s]also, one must be impressed with Shion. I mean, if I saw a
bee chew its way out of someone's neck, I would think that I'm
crazy or that I'm seeing things. Shion, however, believed his
own eyes and trusted his instincts.[/s]
I think, in Rou's body, a trace of the bee still remains. That's
why he got a much more painful trade-off. (I mean, Shion got
away with a snake-scar, loss of pigment in his hair, and also
red eyes, but Rou lost two legs. If I remember correctly, he
also has a scar and white hair too? Though I don't know if the
white hair is from the bee.) I think Rou was chosen as a host by
Elyurias and purposefully allowed to live by her will too. He
had been personally acquainted with her, so it's possible she
wanted to use him as a warning to the other researchers of No.6.
(Like, a "don't mess with me. Or I'll take more than your legs
next time" kind of message... which they totally ignored.)
[quote="Ahiku"]adrenaline could trigger the wasp’s hatching,
giving the insect an impulse to come out of their hosts.[/quote]
That would explain why during the city-wide panic, more bees
hatched. Partially because Elyurias willed them to, but probably
also because everyone was experiencing the "fight-or-flight"
syndrome against this unknown illness, like, "Who is going to be
next?!"
[quote="Ahiku"]Shion was taken captive and had a spectacular,
daring escape together with Nezumi. Suddenly he was far away
from No. 6, his mother and his familiar surroundings, just to
experience the garbage dump of the city. He must have been
extremely stressed and scared, and he was probably in mortal
fear. [/quote]
I actually don't know how much I'd agree with this.
I'm coming to help you. Nezumi's voice echoed in his ears. His
heart grew calm. His legs trembled, though not from despair or
fear, but rage. (Shion, Volume 1, Chapter 3 b)
―Will I see you soon, Nezumi?
"What's that?" Rashi turned around, and furrowed his brow.
"Are you smiling?" (same place)
Even Rashi commented that Shion was rather calm for someone in
his position...
Then later, after the explosions and daring escape, in the car,
"This isn't really my idea of 'enjoyable'," Shion muttered.
"Oh, really? The look on your face says you're enjoying this
quite a bit." (saaaaame)
Any normal person would panic. Shion was, instead, happy and
seemingly content [s]to be in Nezumi's presence[/s].
Is this because the bee pacified his emotions?
I don't think the cause of Shion's stress was the escape from
No.6 or the change in location. (Nezumi's presence soothed all
his fears~)
I think, instead, it was the knowledge of the parasitic bee that
stressed Shion out.
"Ah!" Shion brought a hand to his neck. He felt something
faintly odd. On the base of his neck, there was a small part
that felt numb. Shion felt the area with his fingers. There was
a pea-sized blister growing, and it was itchy. He scratched it
lightly. A chill wind blew through the centre of his body. Shion
could feel his heart contract. (Shion, Volume 1, Chapter 4)
But now that I think about it, what caused the pea-sized blister
to grow in the first place? Maybe it was just the pumping of
adrenaline, epinephrine, and norepinephrine in Shion that
triggered growth (as he ran, swam, and etc), but the stress
inside him (as he figured that there was a bee chewing its way
out of him) caused the bee to want to emerge but was ultimately
unable to because it hadn't finished growing...
(??) Or something like that? Wow, this hurts my head. XD
Thank you for sharing this, Ahiku!! :D
[s]I think I'm going to read up on listenforthelove's
translation of the Perfect Guide's bee metamorphosis to try and
make sense of Rou's, Shion's, and Fura's case scenarios.
blaaaaaaarg. because I could have sworn the first thing that
happens when a bee emerges is loss of teeth. but Shion kept all
his teeth?? Thank goodness, but still. maaaybe it's because the
pupa was underdeveloped? *googles*[/s]
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: Ahiku Date: March 1, 2015, 5:31 am
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Thank you for your answer! :3
[quote]―Will I see you soon, Nezumi?
"What's that?" Rashi turned around, and furrowed his brow.
"Are you smiling?" (same place)
Even Rashi commented that Shion was rather calm for someone in
his position...
Then later, after the explosions and daring escape, in the car,
"This isn't really my idea of 'enjoyable'," Shion muttered.
"Oh, really? The look on your face says you're enjoying this
quite a bit." (saaaaame)[/quote]
Oh, you're right... o.o
Shion, you weirdo...
Okay, but even though he's calm and Nezumi is there for him,
it's still an exceptional situation and he's not used to jump
out of cars, bombs and other things.
I guess he was chronically bored in No. 6... and Nezumi is
always like a typhoon, turning everything upside down... it
smelled like a welcome change, even though it was probably a
little bit too drastic. XD
The bee wants him to live calm. He's supposed to avoid dangerous
situations. Even though he's calm, I don't think it's not
affecting his body... somehow.
(The pupa felt probably not very good. XD)
Shion also said that he didn't exercise in a while... when you
suddenly run and jump and swim the whole time, you're also
stressing yourself a bit.
Ah yes, and of course his knowledge about the wasp and that it
could be inside of him, too... ^^° Would stress everyone, just
like you said.
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: listenforthelove Date: March 1, 2015, 11:51 am
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(Hm, maybe we should look into the profanity filter here on the
forum, it took me a while to realize you were calling roaches by
their full name and not just cursing them XD)
@Ahiku: ah, thanks for making this topic here! I remember having
some thoughts about this back then, but tumblr is such an
inconvenient medium for these things.
Stress does sound very likely, especially with the speeded up
hatching later on in the story. Partly Elyurias calling her
children I guess, but stress sounds a very likely factor,
especially in Shion's case. He didn't stop to rest that day
anymore until making it to the underground room and taking a
shower, and almost straight after that, he got those spots,
didn't he?
I didn't stop to wonder about it earlier, but you have a point:
once the egg hatches, the host starts experiencing
difficulties, so he must have adjusted his lifestyle well before
the egg has hatched, so presumably starting from the moment the
egg gets injected. (The process is frighteningly fast, like a
minute and a half?)
In that case - how well do we know Shion at all? We know him as
his 12-year old self, but as 16? Shion never mentions getting
that injection, so it was probably sometime before the story
picks up after the 4 year time gap. That ties in to what @Meopat
was saying. And what always worried me... those bees eat their
way through the brain. And not just a little, either - the guide
shows their pathway, and it's almost entirely through the full
brain, and at least the frontal lobe. I didn't exactly ace
biology, but even I know that can't be good.
Actually, with the sound waves - the guide speculates it was to
mimic the job of the Singer, so eh, it's probably good Nezumi
didn't try singing when Shion was going through pain XD;
@Meopat: hm, maybe Rou just didn't have anyone to cut out the
bee and that was why he got the more painful end of the stick?
His bee wasn't fully developed and that was why he didn't die
iirc, but in Shion's case, Nezumi cut it out before it could
hatch. Then again, according to the guide the hair turning white
is the final step of the progress. I guess Shion's bee was also
stunted.
Oh, the teeth falling out 'depends on the case', apparently.
Good for you being a case, Shion XD;
The guide does actually explain a bit: "As the bees grow, they
allow for an extra high concentration of active oxygen to
produce. The excess high levels of active oxygen result in
abrupt aging, producing severe cellular injuries." Does anyone
who didn't flunk biology in high school (like me) know how
truthful that is and if that could lead to the scarring and hair
changing colour? I have been wondering... I mean, the red eyes
are an art choice and Shion keeps his eye colour in the novels,
so he didn't magically become albino or whatever the implication
is there I guess. But I looked into hair turning white
overnight, but I haven't really found cases that are this
abrupt. It can happen, but it usually takes some weeks.
... I think I went off-topic there for a bit, sorry. Clearly I
have some thoughts about brain eating insects XD;
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: lawlya Date: March 1, 2015, 12:06 pm
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I always thought the injection was probably one he got as a
child. Like, after the 2-years-examination but before his first
meeting with Nezumi? Young Shion already thinks that he's not
someone to get in trouble just to help someone he barely knows;
although he does make an exception for Nezumi. So I'd say the
egg is already factoring in there.
And agreed - something eating through nearly your whole brain is
definitely not good. I'm no ace in neurobiology either but I'm
pretty sure those parts are all pretty important. I think that
maybe it wasn't just the stress alone that saved Shion. @Meopat
wondered why Shion got that blister on his neck and I think that
maybe the egg didn't place itself in the right spot? Instead of
planting itself into his brain it may have stayed in his neck
and when it prepared to hatch due to the stress indication, the
blister started to form. I mean, it's rare but it does happen
that a parasite doesn't find the right spot in its host. Which
usually results in lethal conditions but who knows maybe Shion
was lucky xD
Oxygen radicals are one of the most dangerous radicals you could
have. They're highly reactive and alter almost anything they can
get to - proteins, DNA. Subsequently, cells die. Actually, our
own immune system uses mechanisms that work like that against
bacteria and parasites.
But no. No scarring or hair colour changes. At least not so
fast. I mean, if the radicals altered the DNA to be unable to
produce melanine but not enough to kill the cells, it would be
possible for Shion to grow uncoloured hair. But that's highly
unlikely, really ^^"
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: listenforthelove Date: March 1, 2015, 1:54 pm
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@lawlya: holy shit, that makes the bee infection super huge if
Shion would be infected that early. Because wouldn't that imply
at least part of the other citizens would have been infected for
a long time too? That makes the big plan of the mayor and the
scientist very close to complete success, whelp.
Oh, but with the egg misplacing itself makes sense! Incubation
takes place in the cerebellum where it hatches, but if it
hatched lower than that, it would still come out of the neck but
without the whole brain trajectory. (That would leave to
question how Shion did experience most of the effects of the bee
hatching that the other victims did, but it would explain why he
didn't die because of it and everyone else aside from Rou did,
as far as we know.)
Ah, thanks for the clarification with the oxygen! I guess the
white hair and scarring are then just artistic license or
Elyurias's magic/whatever, then? (Markings to make you resemble
a bee/wasp? I HAVE NO IDEA)
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: lawlya Date: March 1, 2015, 2:22 pm
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If Shion was infected that early - say with a vaccination for a
supposedly new virus where they put eggs in the serum for
certain people with different backgrounds, ages, sexes and so on
- it would also explain why Shion is so surprised and
overwhelmed by his emotions as soon as he got rid of the wasp.
It may not necessarily be Nezumi who brought out all this though
I'd say Shion jumps to this conclusion because Nezumi takes a
huge part in making him feel his emotions which were inhibited
by the wasp egg for such a long time.
He obviously doesn't have any experience with himself
considering his own feelings. Not a surprise if he wasn't really
able to get riled up from a very young age; might as well
explain why he looses control so easily. If you don't have any
child experiences with anger management, I imagine it's hard to
come up with a way to deal with strong emotions.
Well, that's easy. How would the parasite be able to control
emotions? Control of the hormonal system. That can happen from
anywhere. You just need to have access to the blood circulation.
I think it would still work even though the egg isn't located
directly in Shion's brain. Maybe not as efficient? Wouldn't that
also explain his thoughts and emotions considering the typhoon
which would normally be complete suppressed?
Ah, I didn't read the whole paragraph, sorry xD I think you
speak of the pain and the eating noises he experienced? So,
while talking with Ahiku about this matter, I mentioned that
eating away at your brain doesn't cause pain. There are no
receptors there. You don't know when you bleed in your brain for
example. You would if it hurt, right? So, maybe the pain isn't
caused by the wasp eating through the brain but because the
venom that it releases also has hallucinatory effects? Shion
could still experience the pain and the eating noises without
the wasp actually hatching in his brain.
I may have been wrong o.O Found a publication that discusses the
stress induced graying of hair:
HTML http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christiane_Liezmann/publication/7060213_Towards_a_free_radical_theory_of_graying_melanocyte_apoptosis_in_the_aging_human_hair_follicle_is_an_indicator_of_oxidative_stress_induced_tissue_damage/links/00b49525797be5bdf3000000.pdf
The stress they tested were indeed oxygen radicals. I haven't
read it in whole but apparently, graying is correlated with
aging and oxydative stress, so ... it should be possible. Wow.
But I still don't have an explanation for his weird scar xD
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: listenforthelove Date: March 1, 2015, 3:05 pm
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@lawlya: ah, I think I missphrased myself - when I said 'the
effects', I mostly meant the spots and the hair turning white,
which is what all other victims experienced only after the egg
had already hatched. So it looks like that is sort of caused by
the bee going through the brain, which it might not have done in
Shion's case. Those are (physical) effects I meant, but I wasn't
exactly clear there upon re-reading, my apologies!
... ehhhhhh so I'll try not to think about the whole idea of
knowing something is eating itself through your brain, whether
you can feel it or not (the latter being much scarier actually,
yikes. I think I knew that but tried to repress it or
something...). But yeah the eating noises at least sound like a
hallucination... I don't know how many more special effects
Elyurias brings with her if you get infected with her eggs, hm.
Oh wow, so it did have a point with the oxygen then! I can't see
the whole article right now, but would it really change colour
that fast? (I did a little research into it, but granted, I have
no idea how true the sources are... I did gather it took a
while, or that it could be caused by the pigmented hair falling
out while the white stays, but in that case you'd have to have
white hairs to begin with.)
Let's chalk the scar up to Elyurias intervening? XD Like @Meopat
said for Rou losing his legs, like a warning or something.
(Dang it Elyurias why didn't you explain that one when you had
the chance to speak up huh)
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: lawlya Date: March 1, 2015, 3:13 pm
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I see. Mmh ... well, since we agreed on the "hatching
prematurely", maybe the egg hadn't enough venom to cause all
those physical reactions aside from the changing of hair colour
and the hallucinations? Or Shion recovered from the spots since
he's young and all?
Oh, sorry for making you think of that then xD Keep suppressing
that thought.
No, probably not. It's about the melanigenous (is it written
like that o.O) cells at the hair bulb. So the hair would grow
white but wouldn't turn white right away. Hair is dead anyway -
it isn't just gonna change colour suddenly xD
Just imagine Shion stopping Elyurias from vanishing and flat out
asking: "How do those eggs even work? Like, I understand
everything except those scars!" xD Poor Shion.
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Re: Stressed Wasps - Why did Shion not die?
By: Meopat Date: March 2, 2015, 8:46 am
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@Ahiku: That's true! Shion could be emotionally stable, but his
physiological state may be different. I also forgot! Shion had
fainted from shock after seeing the bee come out of Yamase, so
it's very likely that (even though he's elated), his body is
going, "?!???!!" annnnd he also swam in the sewer (most likely
against the current? not sure) and having to turn a wheel
underwater and not be detected... I would say that that is
stressful even if he's enjoying the moment. (Masochist??) [s]if
you look based on the manga and anime versions of Shion's
escape, he is very shocked, I think only novel!Shion is happy
about seeing Nezumi again with disregard to his own
situation.[/s]
[quote="listenforthelove"]Actually, with the sound waves - the
guide speculates it was to mimic the job of the Singer, so eh,
it's probably good Nezumi didn't try singing when Shion was
going through pain XD;[/quote]
This is very cool!! :0 [s]This also reminds me (because sound??
idk) that in the car, Nezumi didn't want to talk because No.6
had his voice on record (since he was a criminal). Did Shion
listen to these sound files after Nezumi went away? brb
BAWLING[/s]
I think it makes sense that Rou didn't have anyone cut out his
half-matured bee so he lost his legs as a result. :(
[s](imagine an AU where Shion lost both his legs and then Nezumi
feels guilty SO HE STAYS AND THEY NEVER GO TO CF AND THEY LIVE
HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN WEST BLOCK AND SAFU JOINS THEM.)[/s] my
head is in the clouds today.
About the oxygen thing. I'm pretty sure, just as @lawlya said,
that excessive amounts of oxygen can lead to your DNA being
damaged and even speed up the aging process. But I also don't
think that it would result in the blanching on your current hair
cells. The hair strands that grow thereafter are a different
story. I'm really tempted to say it was just an artistic license
to give him fluffy white hair and symbolism to give him a red
snake-scar, but I could be wrong. :0 I haven't attempted to
click and digest the science article link yet. .___.
[quote="lawlya"]I always thought the injection was probably one
he got as a child. Like, after the 2-years-examination but
before his first meeting with Nezumi?[/quote]
for some reason, Shion having been implanted with killer-bee
eggs since he was a child doesn't sit quite well with me. :c
but as much as I want to disagree with it, I can't find the
evidence to refute it either. D:
There's the 8-year time frame (between when Elyurias was
discovered (age 4) and when Shi and Nez first meet (age 12))
where the scientist has the Godly Bed and he's just
experimenting on everything. and we assume the Manhunt was
already happening when Nezumi was around 10~12, since he's so
familiar with "Hell" 4 years later (and we can infer from that
that human experimentations were already happening by then).
it's totally possible that Shion was an unlucky random sample.
;__;
[s]it really is a good thing that Nezumi never sang to him
before then[/s]
[s]but also that even with killer-bee, Shion is still super
attracted to Nezu-- danger. Opening up a window in a tropical
storm? Anyone heard of hypothermia? Pretty sure killer-bee would
not want that. [/s]
[quote="lawlya"]I think that maybe the egg didn't place itself
in the right spot[/quote]
:000!! That would make a lot of senseeeee. I think. When the
dead-thing was extracted out of Shion, it was a pupa though,
right? (Because even a wing was produced, even if it was only
one out of four.) so it did still manage to hatch and mature
somehow... even if it didn't properly go through the trajectory
in Shion's head. >___>;;
asdasffada reading about all this creeps me out. It's a good
thing when the spots appeared, Shion didn't get wrinkles either.
T_T
I'm curious now, though, about the true motives and goals of the
scientist.
Like, why would No.6 want the bees to hatch? Hatching means dead
citizens.
They wanted to brain-control humans and Elyurias can do that (or
at least pacify humans / make them obedient and docile). buuut
then why would they research incubation? Shouldn't they be
researching how not to hatch the eggs? (Or are they researching
incubation so that they can kill off any dissident at anytime
whenever they wanted to? Eek.)
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