Popular Science | Thursday, 3rd period

[what_the_shock]

“Okay, so we're supposed to be following in the footsteps of popular conceptions of science," Miguel said. This was popular science, and he was sticking to that, damn it. "Someone pointed out to me there's actually a whole television series of people doing this thing where they see if a particular science rumor is real or not. That sounds good to me, and makes a lot more sense than just lecturing at you about this crap. I checked around for something to go by, and found a song I'm told is scientific, so we're going to start with that. Which at least means we have a set of lyrics to go by. It’s called Skullcrusher Mountain. I understand it’s got some genetics experiments in it, which is one of my specialties.”

He set the song to play while the lyrics scrolled on a screen up front, his own face screwing up as he listened. “Monkey ponies? Why would you even want to - okay, never mind, because we are not igniting the atmosphere.” Miguel’s fingers flew over the Danger Shop controls as he created a genetics lab a lot like the one he’d had at Alchemax. Then off to one side, he created a small corral of ponies, and off to the other side, an enclosure with monkeys in it. “Monkey-ponies. Gene splicers. Have at, see what you get.”

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“I’ll be here to help if you need instruction in the machines.”