Blame the Amygdala

Moira is a little girl talking to her cat on Halloween.

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During moments off pre Autistic burnout, sometimes I like to write. These words came out of the ashes.

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I have decided to personally narrate this story and hope you enjoy it.

This is the first part of my story, Larry the Boxer, a heavyweight on a quest to defeat a dragon. His companion on this journey, is a talking squirrel, Lord Cyril Templemead, and along the way he a fights bees, pike, a bear, and helps a colony of spiders build a block of flats. 

I'm a huge boxing fan, and I have included in this story a number of references to the boxing world.

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In this part, Larry learns why his cow has magic poo, why he must fight a dragon, and fights a bear.

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Larry is a heavyweight boxer on the verge of becoming world class and is currently in preparation for his revenge match against Richie ‘The Red’ Connors. With one week to go, Larry doesn’t think that he’s made enough progress during his training camp – his feet and hands still feel too sluggish. Determined to get better, Larry gets up early one morning to train in his barn that he’s converted into a gym, but instead he is magically transported away to the Land of Eustress by stepping in a cowpat, lovingly deposited by his pet cow, Heavyweight.

Confused and distraught, Larry soon finds out that his cow is the High Priestess in the Land of Eustress, and was commissioned by the Council of Eldars to fetch a warrior to defeat the evil dragon, Murdock. Once he is charged with this task, Larry makes his way through the land, with a red squirrel as his guide and companion. On his travels, Larry learns more about the dragon from the creatures he encounters, and often finds himself having to undertake tasks in order to gain help and respect. From fighting a bear and a hornets’ nest to helping some spiders build a block of flats, Larry undertakes numerous tasks that are both physically and psychologically demanding, which ultimately help him to become a better boxer.

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"She smells so clean. Her body is so lean. With the right blade all of that should slip straight off."

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“Pop another synapse, Joe!” was the rallying cry, and all of us, the blue coats, the red coats, the green coats, and the orange coats would wait for the yellow coat to locate the precise region on the tube to make an incision, before pushing in the connector tube and linking it to the correct tube over before the juice could leak.

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“Can you remember Count Dracula?” he continued, trying to lead me to the right word.

“I don’t remember him,” I replied, honestly. “I mean, I didn’t see him anywhere.”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/asylum-stories-sometimes-words-escape-me/