Chapter 10: The Gut-Brain Axis (2023)
The Second Brain
By Gabriel Filippi · Interactive Visual Novel & Forensic Recovery Dossier.
📍 Macro landscape — gut microbiome, 2023
“Scientists call it the gut-brain axis—a term that makes it sound like a sterile corridor of biology. But I think of it differently. I call it the second brain. A vast city of neurons, immune cells, and trillions of microbes.”
Source: Official Book (Ch.10)
NARRADOR: Scientists call it the gut-brain axis. I call it the second brain: a city of neurons, immune cells, and trillions of microbes.
EU INTERIOR: When that city is wounded, the line fills with static — and cries of fire echoing into the brain.
