River's eyes gradually filled with fear and shock. "You mean..."
Su Xiao nodded.
"That's right. If Harris considered himself this version's Peter Pan, then the child who was with Harris at the time was Levar Martinez."
"River, do you remember how the WNS News host reported it?"
River tried hard to remember. "He was injected with massive amounts of hormones, anabolic steroids, and stimulants... Fuck! That pervert!"
Su Xiao nodded.
"Hormones, also called chemical messengers, are synthesized by highly differentiated endocrine cells and secreted directly into the bloodstream."
"Anabolic steroids are similar to synthetic male sex hormones. They're chemically synthesized derivatives similar in structure and activity to the testosterone found in the human body."
"And the original meaning of 'stimulant' was 'a mixed opium anesthetic used for racehorses.'"
"None of those three substances can be used casually, let alone injected in massive quantities."
River held his head and shook it. "Stop, Su."
Su Xiao did not continue. Seeing River's pained expression, he changed the subject.
"You said Randy's mother thought Randy had run away from home. Why would she think that?"
Most parents would generally assume that their child had been kidnapped.
They would never simply assume their child had run away without even reporting it to the police.
River said awkwardly, "Randy's a little different from other kids."
"How so?"
"Petty theft, stealing and taking drugs, running away from home. That's about it."
Wasn't that just a delinquent?
Su Xiao glanced at River's complexion, then suddenly understood.
He wasn't racist, but he had to admit that Latino and Black families did indeed produce children like this more often than white families.
White people had lived on this land for two or three hundred years. No matter how poor they were, they at least had somewhere to live, and society