The truth of matter was, stories were everything and everything was stories.

Everybody told stories.

It was a way of seeing who they were in the world.

It was their understanding of themselves.

If we think of the word mutant, it comes from mutagenic, mutation.

Now, a mutation is when you irrevocably change a genetic structure.

So you add a mutation to a developing gene structure.

And it mutates, it changes. And then when that organism reproduces, it carries with it the added mutation.

But a tetration is when it changes the molecular structure of that being,

but it can't be passed on. A genetic difference happens, but it only happens of that being, but it can't be passed on.

A genetic difference happens, but it only happens of that generation,

and that generation alone, and then it reverts back to that it had previously been for the subsequent generations.

So you look at me, think, oh, he's a mutant.

There was a mutation in his genetic development. But actually, I'm a tetrant.

So if I were to have kids, they would revert back to the genes that my mother had before she took the drug.

You know, I love political incorrectness and going against the grain and stuff.

We can talk about what was considered disgusting and cool, but that changes with eras.

But the thing that doesn't change is the gut fascination with the different.

Let's say it's somebody feeding themselves

with chopsticks when they're using their feet. It's amazing. It's still riveting for the five-year-old

who's just walked into the restaurant, right? Because I'm just as fascinated by physical

difference as the next person. But, you know, there's a negative way of looking, and there's positive ways of looking. You've kind of struck me dumb here because it's a question I can't answer. And I'm trying to be super open, and I am fascinated by it, and I don't know why. Okay, I am painting this rosy, guys. I am painting this rosy. But why not? Nobody ever does. The circus

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