Lyra's Homeless Dæmon

With the help of spiritual influencers, a survivor of hydrocephalus teaches their neurosurgeon the value of a gap in the brain. Along the way to the hospital, the child learns about the inner connections of body and dæmon (soul). This fanfiction begs the question, "is the human placenta the source of a person's soul, and does a Dandy-Walker malformation indicate spiritual exceptionalism?"