One of many odd, but common, facts about these mutated humans is the fact that all deviants are born from still born fetuses. The peculiar thing about it, however, is that the dead fetus continues to grow inside the mother as if it's still alive. Their brain activity is that of a normal developing fetus, but all bodily functions operate at an extremely slow pace despite that. The reason for this odd bodily behavior is proven by a chromosomal mutation-
"Blah, blah, blah," I murmured as I skimmed over the scientific reason as to why and how a deviant is created.
It's just repeating a widely known fact about how deviants have more than three times the normal amount of chromosomes- a case of nondisjunction gone extremely array. Most cases of chromosomal mutations results in Down syndrome or Triple-X syndrome or another syndrome of the like, but mutations like the ones deviants experience are on an entirely different spectrum.
I settled on another spot in the book and continued to read.
-By all terms and definitions, deviants are technically still born, but recent studies show that deviantic fetuses do in fact have a heart beat- they just have an extremely slow BPM rate. Due to their irregularities in their heart-rate, their body is poorly oxygenated and their skin takes on a permanent grey hue.
I glanced at the grey skin of my scarred and inked up arm. Yerp.
I skimmed through a couple of more pages before stopping at a section that said "Childbirth".
Deviant childbirth occurs in third trimester like any other pregnancy. The deviant child is born into the world but as silent as it could be. But after a few moments, the newborn baby "revives"- the bodily functions suddenly kick-start into gear and everything is functioning correctly as if it always was. Despite the grey skin of the newborn deviant everything seemed to be normal about the child. But going through such mutations does not go without any consequences.
Deviants, being nothing more than humans with massive mutations, are bound to have some kind of health problems. This includes a chemical imbalance within the brain, located mainly in the Limbic System, thus making deviantsextremely emotional and prone to their temper. This chemical imbalance can be managed by medication taken on a daily basis-
I gave a light huff and skimmed through the rest of the book. Science, science, and more science. Guess a refund is in order. Hopefully this book will be beneficial to someone. I picked up the other book and examined the cover. It was titled, "The Social Science of Deviants". Upon examining the book, something near the bottom of the book's spine caught my attention; it was the Organization of Deviantic Welfare's emblem. I scowled as I began to flip through the book.
"Just great," I murmured to myself. A book with the ODW's emblem on it meant that, at one point, Aeron has most likely taught me something from it.
Regardless, I began to read a passage from the book. It was titled "Origins".
The Organization of Deviantic Welfare first began as a small equal rights group for deviants, it read. The small number of people stemmed from the fact that deviants were widely feared for their abnormal birthing process at that point in time. Many deviants were hailed as the "demons" or as "witches' children" in the earlier ages. As time progress, these racial slurs became baseless, but no less offensive in usage. To keep up with the progressing times, the slurs-
I flipped a few more pages in with a wrinkled brow. Even though the book is just stating the facts, the fact that it was hitting the nail on the head made me a tad uncomfortable.
Eventually, the ODW's influence became more and more pronounced. More people gathered to its cause and, soon, the ODW became a certified organization. The newly made organization's main objective was to not only enforce equal rights for all deviants but also monitor deviant hate crimes and cases of prejudice. The organization even has the authority to make arrests, taking in assailants of deviants only. This has led to the ODW being dubbed as the "deviant police" (Ironic, seeing in how they almost never arrest deviants.)
Despite being a rather peaceful equal rights group, they have military like ranking system-
I yawned before proceeding to shut the book after scanning it through. The rest of it was just listing of some unnecessary details like how the ranking system was similar to that of the U.S. Army's, how the average day at the ODW was like, and a short bio about the previous Sergeant Major of the ODW (the "presidents", so to speak).
Funny how it didn't mention that the ODW hires people to do their dirty work as well, I thought as I put the book onto the nightstand beside my bed.
I was an example of this. Sometimes the assailants of deviant hate crimes run away knowing the fact that they're going to be arrested, so whenever the ODW can't find them they hire bounty hunters instead of putting out wanted notices. It's a strange thing that they do, but as for the past three and a half years, I've been hunting down these felons as a source of income. I wouldn't call it a steady job, though- there has been times where I would go months at a time without any bounties coming up. But whenever I do catch an assailant, the payout is usually big.
I stood up from my bed and walked towards the bathroom, grabbing my toiletries as I went.
Speaking of bounties, I gotta turn in those files along with a verbal report. Better hurry up and get rested so I won't sound like a dumbass in front of Athan...
I paused in removing my clothing at the thought of the Australian.
I never did say where I was staying in Morinoya, I realized.
With that thought, I marched out of the bathroom stark naked and sent a quick text to the Aussie where I was, including my room number. After doing such, I went back into the bathroom for a well deserved soak in the tub, wanting nothing more than to wash away the stress that the day has brought on.
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{AN: It's a filler, yes, but a very necessary one. Now you know what the fuck a deviant is!
P.S. I really hate the fact that I typed "deviant" like "deviant". I did it at first to put the term out from the rest, but, in terms of usage, "deviant" is no different that "human". It's not even a proper noun or anything of the like. But nevertheless, I shall continue!
So until then, see you in the next update.