Old Melted Brain

The story of "Old Melted Brain" is one relatively common in Purist circles. Famously discussing the story of the misuser of a mutagen, it talks about how, in his attempt to become a Taker, he consumed a potion that destroyed all his higher-level mental faculties. Turned into a poem, it has since become a nursery rhyme for children.

It is as follows:

In tales oft told of time so old

There was a man on whose head hair did grow

He wished to grow mighty like men of old

So a potion from Human scientists he stole

Old melted brain

Lost it all to gain

Old melted brain

Went through so much pain

The potion did boil in the bowl

When he drank, it made in his heart a hole

And from inside his chest it took his soul

And in the core of his brain a tumor did grow

Old melted brain

Lost it all to gain

Old melted brain

Went through so much pain

The next day he was moving slow

He had it in his head that he felt old

He could feel only his hunger and cold

His thinking about anything else was too slow

Old melted brain

Lost it all to gain

Old melted brain

Went through so much pain

His judgement the potion had stole

And his desire for blood would only grow

He was arrested and put into gaol

Now he has a guard and walks only with parole

Old melted brain

Lost it all to gain

Old melted brain

Went through so much pain