15.10.1981

So I'm back in Krasnodar-3 again; back in this so-called "freak town". Don't mean anything bad about its residents, but it's pointless to deny that they are different, especially to me, whose job is to cut them apart and study their innards. And, trust me; sometimes they're even weirder on the inside than on the outside.

Take today's subject, for instance - a monoeye, as they call themselves - has only one eye. And no, they're not cyclops - I've already made that mistake. Cyclops and monoeyes are like asians and whites – different races of one species. Or, if I'm to go by the higher-ups' standards, subspecies.

Do we really have to use such a derogatory term?

But, regardless of how I call them, at least my work helps to make the lives of demihumans better, so I don't think I should care about that.

Anyway, about the monoeye. The one I was studying was another murder victim - a werewolf killed him. When I saw the body, the first thing to get my attention was a nasty cut from the left shoulder and all the way down to the right hip. If that was not enough evidence of demihumans' great capability for killing, than what I saw after performing an autopsy has further solidified my fears: the ribcage was shattered, with pieces of bone puncturing the lungs and the heart, the stomach was cut open and intestines became mincemeat, basically. If I haven't gotten used to this by now, I would've thrown up the moment I saw the body. I don't even want to think about the reasons behind such an atrocity.

On further study I found the monoeye to be no different from a regular human. Heart's the same, lungs, digestive tract, genitals - he was just like any ordinary human in that aspect.

Monoeyes' biggest differences lie inside their heads. First of all, they are bigger. The one I happened to lay my hands on, for example, had the head breadth of 210 mm, which was 50 mm more than mine. It is not surprising, seeing how their eyes are several times bigger than human's. Every other aspect of their skulls is also bigger with the single orbit positioned slightly above the nose.

But even that's not the most amazing part. Their brains, on the other hand, are. The frontal lobe is crescent-shaped, giving the space needed for the eye to fit. It makes this particular part smaller compared to human, but, somehow, this does not affect monoeyes at all. One would think that it will inevitably make them inferior intellectually, but no! I've seen quite a few of those one-eyed folks and some of them are even smarter than my colleagues. Fascinating.

But that also begs the question of how exactly these changes could occur. Could this be some sort of cyclopia, which happened to be non-lethal? Or was it an effect of someone's conscious manipulation? And, if so, who did it? Who had the tools?

Anyway, that's all the time I have for today. I have to finish my report and then I'll have to write a letter home. My son's turning 11 soon and I don't think I'll make it in time for the celebration.


A/N: So, this is something I wanted to do for a while. This is the first chapter of the series of extras, in which I'll try to "scientifically" explain the liminals' anatomy. Of course I'm not going to do it thoroughly, hence the reason for the diary thing. Of course there's much more to it than simple "science", but those things I will make as subtle as I can.

So that's it. How about you suggest me more liminals to describe? But keep them European, please.

Oh, and you might have noticed that "Humor" was replaced with "General". That is a failsafe in case the story turns out not quite comedic. That doesn't mean that I will stop making jokes, but be warned.

Anyway, see you in the next chapter. This was ChillingComrade. До встречи!