"Your skin is actually your largest organ," Neil DeGrasse Tyson says. "It is even larger than-" he begins saying, then coughs.
He coughs with increasing force, popping capillaries in his eyes, leaving him kneeling on the ground retching. The coughing reaches a crescendo and he collapses onto the floor, twitching.
Suddenly his arm begins flailing violently, intense shuddering that ceases as it retracts into his torso.
No, his hand is still there, it wasn't the arm that retracted.
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His prone body jerks and shudders, lumps rising from his back. Suddenly a finger gently extends from his mouth and probes the open air, almost fearfully. A hand appears, followed by the veiny musculature of a skinless forearm.
With a wet tearing sound more of Neil DeGrasse Tyson emerges from his skin coccoon, dripping with blood like a newborn.
He stands up, brushes himself off, and continues as if nothing happened.
"It is even larger than the surface area of a large beach ball."