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Skin comprises exactly fifteen percent of total body weight

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You are wearing a severely heavy flesh suit. If you were completely peeled like a terrible biological grape, the sheer mass of your discarded skin would make up roughly fifteen percent of everything you weigh.

Skin comprises exactly fifteen percent of total body weight
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