A Mutated Psyche

The prescription for sanity

For reference, see the journal entry about Matthew and Mathilda. Their case started me down this dark path.

Some notes: This plant is very powerful. I have, since creating a human chimera, been able to create chimeras of less substantial creatures, namely Manduca quinquemaculata caterpillars that I found in the vegetable garden and placed directly on the Philodendron Birkin. They merged with little trouble, twining and fusing into a sort of two-headed, twisted caterpillar rope, but inseparable. Both heads continued to feed and grow after fusing. They also pupated with little trouble and formed a functional two-headed moth, much larger than M. quinquemaculata normally is.

Given the ease with which these moths formed a chimera, I wondered if the other plants I added gave to the above mentioned M & M were the reason their chimera was not viable. I fed new caterpillars, one a Manduca quinquemaculata and the other a little blue butterfly of which variety I’m not certain, on a diet of blended Birkin and the herbs I gave to M & M. Curiously, the caterpillars didn’t fuse until it became time to pupate, which they did in a standard butterfly chrysalis. The resulting outcome was very interesting. Two pairs of wings were present, the top pair spread out like a butterfly and the bottom folded in like a moth. It’s color patterns were spilt down the middle, half moth, half butterfly. Its body was fuzzy like a moth, however. It flew very well and fed on nectar. I created a few for further experimentation.

While the successes with moths and butterflies were encouraging, I still have no idea what went wrong with M & M. I suspect it’s just the complexity of the human condition. Humans are always a bother. Hopefully I’ll be able to procure more volunteers in the future.

All is not lost, however, for the Birkin.

I have done other research.