Boxman_Bots_Are_Number_1: Dendy teaching K.O. A&P?
A&P = Anatomy and Physiology
This does go into the anatomy of kappas, so potty humor might be in this.
As any highschool kid might tell you, Health class is one of the most uncomfortable classes to go through, and its sister class was Anatomy and Physiology. KO was never good at this scientific stuff, but he had someone who was always willing to help him with this kind of thing. His best friend, Dendy.
The current subject was talking about the basic digestive tract that most bipedal creatures did have.
"This is one of the easiest parts to learn." KO sighed with a smile as he finished the worksheet.
"While it is not as in depth as I would like, I can see how this would be very simple for anyone to learn."
"What more is there?" KO asked with his fangs showing. "The food goes in the mouth, gets digested and the rest of the nutrients that we don't need gets pooped out. Literally. One way in, one way out."
"Well, as a part of kappa anatomy we have three."
"What?"
"Three anuses."
KO froze as Dendy went into details about how kappa's digestive tracts worked, unwillingly taking the information in as he couldn't find the willpower to move any part of his body. That was until he suddenly covered his ears with his arms and put his face to the desk.
"KO? Is everything alright?"
"Why do you have three anuses?" He asked, now uncovering his head as his cheek was on the desk.
"We pass more gas than humans."
He sat up. "But your digestive tracts make no sense!"
Dendy turned her body to her friend and looked him in the eye. "Our bodies absorb more nutrients than that of humans, while humans have to pass solid and liquid waste, kappas only have liquid and gas as waste. It helps because we are the size of a human child and solid waste would be bad for our lake homes."
"But why three!?"
"Because then we can do it more often than other creatures and at will. Other creatures tend to get uncomfortable when gas builds up and then breaks societal politeness rules when eructation or flatulence occurs."
"What?"
"Kappas, who pride themselves on being polite, refuse to burp or fart around others."
"Oh…"
"Plus it was also a safe space for souls."
"WHAT!?"
Dendy began to laugh softly, a grin on her face. "Just some old untrue stories."
"Like drowning people?"
"Sort of. Some people would try to swim in kappa's lakes back when you could have one kappa family per lake. Kappas would prod the swimmers with anything sharp they could find. This led to people thinking…" Dendy began to snort and chuckled.
"Thinking what?"
"That…that…pfft…that their souls were in their own anuses!" She laughed outloud.
KO joined in, thinking that it was silly as well. Souls up people's butts. How strange.
NOW YOU KNOW.
