Sticks And Stones Will Break My Bones But It'll Shut My Brain Up So It's Fine

(~2002) Mantis sees Liquid in person for the first time in over a decade. It makes the parasite part of his brain go a little haywire. Liquid throws him around and it helps.

Warning for "it kind of reads as a little sexcoded" (not intended that way, though) and "liquid Does just straight-up beat him up. so. yea"

Liquid is called Liquid by narration and Eli and Boss by Mantis, Mantis is called Mantis (both are referred to with he/him)

Cover is unrelated beyond being Mantis art I had made that was on-hand