But what if Humans are Deathworlders because we have a Liver and Kidneys? Two organs specifically designed to remove or convert toxins.
Mary and S'vren walk around Little Earth after the evening meal. Mary walks at a careful steady pace to be nice to S'vren, and tries not to just plow ahead so they can talk. Mary explains the Liver and Kidneys to S'vren after she complains that Human food looks delicious, but is all deadly.
S'vren: "Wait what? You have an organ that removes toxins from things you consume?"
Mary: "Two actually. The liver converts toxins we consume into safe(er) compounds we can either metabolize or pass through the kidneys who filter our blood."
S'vren: "So all your Deathworld plants have toxins in them..."
Mary slightly miffed: "Not all of them, but many. But yes, they have toxins to stop other things in nature from eating them."
S'vren: "But you can eat them just fine."
Mary: "Yeah, because of the liver and kidneys...and methods of preparation that reduce the toxins. Even humans shouldn't eat raw cassava."
S'vren stops: "Why, what happens if you eat raw cassava?"
Mary: "Cyanide poisoning, I think. It's not pleasant."
S'vren continues, frantic: "If I eat grapes I will die. If I eat POTATOES - something that your history says was integral to the survival of your species on multiple occasions - I. will. die. If I eat chocolate - something you yourself have waxed poetic to ME on multiple occasions about - I. Will. Die."
Mary: "Wait, you'll die if you eat chocolate?"
S'vren: "IT'S FULL OF TOXINS"
Mary: "Huh. I never knew."
S'vren: "It's because instead of not eating them your bodies evolved a complex mechanism to just..not care and eat them anyway!!"
Mary shrugging: "Gotta eat something I guess."
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