snippet from Different Masks
Different Masks
Phenol came over to the print-out of the Kat scan. It looked like a bunch of colors; blue, purple, green, yellow, red and oranges. "So, a bunch of colors, big deal."

"Look over here," he pointed to a legend on the side, "This shows what they mean. Red is the less used parts of your brain," he pointed al over her brain, "You have no red spots."

"So," Phenol said, "Just means I use more of my brain than most."

"Yeah, but that's not normal." Bookworm turned to Phenol, "Most people use ten percent of their brain."

"But most people have not been hit by lightning."

Bookworm looked at Phenol in a way that startled Phenol. "You know, for a person that uses a hundred percent of her brain, you're pretty stupid." He walked over to a table with the KAT scan as Phenol watched. "On this Chart," he pointed to a similar KAT scan," is the brain of a normal human being, and here," he pointed to the one in his hands," is your brain."

Bookworm set the KAT scan side by side. The normal KAT scan was more colorful than hers. Phenol walked over to the table. "What does this black spot mean?" she pointed to the normal KAT scan at the right side.

"That means, that part of the brain is not being used. That particular spot is not used by a normal human being, and it's a fact that scientists and physicians don't know what it's function is."

Phenol looked at her KAT scan, "Well, what does this white spot mean?" Phenol pointed to the white spot on the right side of her KAT scan, where the black spot was on the normal KAT scan.

"That, my dear," Bookworm said dramaticly, "means you use every single cell in that area." Bookworm's smile equaled her amazement.

"But I'm as normal as the next human being," Phenol tried to reason, "I haven't

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