Pia Mater

He’d read dozens of books and articles about physiology and neuroscience but still couldn’t figure it out. How could the organs residing within his own body be this attached and dependent on the body of another? Every time he thought of her, his neurons were filled to the brim by innumerable questions without answer, but one truth shined through: He would not, for anything in the world, give up the opportunity to see her again, not even if it meant all his cells would leave his body. For in this life, no other physiological phenomenon could produce the same level of dopamine.