Inktober 2025 - 28 - Skeletal
"Did you know that a turtle's shell is actually part of their skeleton? It's like fused vertebrae or something." "Er… No. No, I did not know that, no." A moment of silence ensues, only disturbed by the flipping of pages. "Huh! Did you know that a narwhal's horn is actually a tooth?" "No! I did not know that either! Don't you have anything better to do?" "Than read about skeletons? I don't think so." "Where did you even find that book, anyway?" While his detractor crosses his arms, the reader points upward: "Upstairs, on a shelf. I'll have you know it's an anatomy treaty, with a focus on bone structures; under the circumstances, I don't see how any other book could be more up our alley." "Does it say anything about human skeletons?" "I haven't found that chapter yet. But we already know there are 206 bones in the human body, although we may have lost a few....