| Okay, well, this wasn't the first time this had happened. Over the years, Jo Beth had learned that there was only one way to stop the dragon transformation in its tracks. Brace yourself--this is going to be gross. First, the hurting tastebud. Left on it's own, it won't go away. Jo Beth couldn't take the pain, so she got rid of the source. Do you need it any more graphic? Jo Beth sometimes wondered if, after years of this occasional abuse, her tastes in food had changed along with her reduced number of tastebuds. Next, the trailing, extremely painful whiskers. This one was really hard to face. Jo Beth pinched them off. OWWW!!! A tiny bit of bleeding, but by the next morning, a perfectly normal tongue. A day later, her palate was back to normal, too. What caused this, and why could it be cured this way? Who the heck knows. Just another autocidal mystery. |
St. George and the Tongue
Where Jo Beth self-mutilates to remain human.
Where Jo Beth self-mutilates to remain human.
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