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Selenium

Z 
34
Mass 
78.971
Lifeforce 
Water
In the body 
brain, thyroid, liver

Roughly fifteen milligrams in the whole body, barely enough to weigh — and without that trace the antioxidant defence never starts: selenium is its cofactor.

A still bowl on a stone catches rain, overflows and waters young sprouts.
Plate · Water Water grasps at nothing — it receives, until the bowl overflows and feeds.

Receptive water — receives, completes, draws toward wholeness. Hungers for what makes it whole. Bound, becomes the conductor of life's processes.

Born in supernova explosions — the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

Family portrait — this element's own portrait is not written yet. Mendeleev left gaps; we label ours.

Lab note · In the body ≈15 mg; cofactor of the antioxidant defence.