I think that’s the basic plot to Andromeda.

Chop off the end of some kids finger.

Kill someone else’s kid.

I’m having a really hard time refuting this equation. It appears to work out even for negative and non-integer values of k

I was diagnosed with ADD around 199* I was prescribed Ritalin and eventually switched to concerta. None of the adults involved in that process checked in with me at all. I remember being scream-accused of not taking my medicine when I was in fact taking the meds. Funny how in a sea of lost memories, that one persisted.