[Ben cocks his head at her segue, a silent invitation. He listens to the question, blinking slowly - yes, tryptophan - and does not shrug or shake his head or nod.]
The deficiency is purported to be a specifically engineered genetic flaw, yes. All the information I have about the cause is from an extremely unreliable source, but as the effect of not being provided a supplement of tryptophan to augment the function of my system is not immediate, I believe the independent metabolizing is merely stunted rather than impossible.
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Date: 2014-03-25 11:47 pm (UTC)From:The deficiency is purported to be a specifically engineered genetic flaw, yes. All the information I have about the cause is from an extremely unreliable source, but as the effect of not being provided a supplement of tryptophan to augment the function of my system is not immediate, I believe the independent metabolizing is merely stunted rather than impossible.