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Day 22: Parasite
“I..thought she was dead!”
“Those...THINGS must’ve kept her alive..”
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Tw: Parasites + tapeworms
Note: I’m not that proud of this one, kinda had to delay this too. I apologize for that.
GT 2023 Day 18: Parasite
"..Not now.. Please not now.."
Side Note: I know Maggie was supposed to have Auburn-colored hair, but I kinda forgot about that when making this because all I thought of was her picrew ref. Hope you don't mind..! Also, we finally get to see what her eye is like (sometimes) without the bandages! Yippee! Don't worry though, they'll be back soon and if I get some approval from one of my mutuals, I'll see if I can post more lore of this lil witch.
Maggie belongs to me! (..And yes this prompt submission is technically canon-)
Fun Facts about Parasitic Worms
Did you know that there are parasitic worms that get into your blood or lymph vessels and stay there? Imagine looking down at the veins in your hand and noticing that one of them is moving. It's shifting and squirming. Oh god, there's something inside there. Get it out, get it out! But you can't. There's no way to do it without cutting open your vessels, and you really don't want to do that. So you need to wait. Wait until the antiparasitic works, and pray that it does.
There are also worms that pierce through your skin and make their way to your lungs and when you cough them up, see the writing mass of worms crawling all over your hands, they use it as a way to go back down the other way & get into your digestive system to breed. You may very well have had these worms at some point too, they're apparently pretty common.
-- Fun facts from a vet student