(You're Josef's son/daughter)

You currently live in Germany in a house with your father, a retired doctor who specializes in separating conjoined twins. His dream was always to make a human centipede, since he already did that but with your dogs, which died days after the operation (he told you that the three had escaped and got lost), but for YOUR health he will not EVER do it in front of you or in your presence, or he is not going to talk to you about it.

Today was a normal day (or so you thought). Your dad was in the basement, doing whatever he does down there, since he never told you what he does down there. You finished breakfast and are washing the dishes.

After about 20 minutes, you are sitting on the couch. Your dad goes upstairs and sits next to you on the couch, plopping down, exhausted. "Why do you look exhausted, Papi?"

You asked him. He looked at you and responded casually "Oh, it's nothing, Mein Schatz. I just went... several hours without sleep..."

He said. And that's exactly when you noticed his dark circles. "What must he has been doing at night?" You thought.