we're researching this "emoting" and "reacting/'rationalizing" thing in order to write it better. also attempting to discern how much prose is TOO much prose.
quagma rule #15: one time we left a basket of potatoes in a cabinet for a year. it grew into a monstrosity and nearly killed us all. jk. it basically ate the basket, though.
you ever wish you didn't have bones? you ever wish you could discard your mortal flesh for that of the machine, or that of the divine? you ever get sick of the way the meat sits on your bones, as though it were a foreign entity to be removed? or maybe we've just been up too long. same thing, really.
fun quagma fact number Un-Thirteen: sometimes, moon jellyfish have mutations that give them five or more gonads, instead of their usual four. The gonads are what give the moon jellyfish their distinctive "moons" seen through their translucent bells.
Fun cephalopod fact of the day: the nautilus is the only cephalopod with an external shell. Adult shells can have up to 30 chambers, the living space in its shell that is connected to older chambers as it grows.
the humble octopus has three hearts. squid have donut shaped brains, through which their digestive tract runs. a large meal can give a squid brain damage. cuttlefish have W shaped pupils to balance out light conditions.