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You know...

[It may be a voice some haven't heard for a while... because, well, obviously he was Infiltrating all this time. But maybe you're partying with pirates or so on after everyone's gotten on the island when you hear this.]

...for once in my life, I'd like a normal tropical vacation. First it was bears an' crazy robots an' killing and now it's pirates and krakens an' me bein' a mermaid or Thalassian or whatever all this time... Which is weird, oi, and I don't got my normal legs back completely. And my body's still sore from that stupid squid flingin' me around. Tch.

[It'll be fine by the time they leave this place, right...? He hopes so. But there's a thread of that uncertainty in the mental tone of voice. He shakes it off in favour of excitement, though.]

But this is a good end, yeah?! We did an all right job?!

Hey, someone should get me a coconut, by the way. I seriously wanna eat one before we get dragged outta this place. An' it ain't easy to try and climb trees with these legs.

[And, in a quieter mental aside:] Is it seriously okay to hang around with pirates...? It'll be fine, right...?

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[A long, mental sigh of aggravation.] I wonder if that Hinata'd be able to figure out things, if he were here...

There's so much to think about it makes my head ache.

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I am certain he could be helpful, but then... I generally believe larger knowledge pools are beneficial.

[ does he? yes, he does, he shares this with his infiltrated self.]

I'm having similar problems, though maybe not on the same scale since I didn't-- well. I didn't turn into a fish person.

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H-hey, at least call it "shark person"... Fish person sounds so... lame.

[He knows a shark is a fish but...

The point stands!!]

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Begging your pardon. Shark person, of course. [ hmmm. ] Are you going to miss it at all?

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[Yay that's better. He's being indulged!]

Miss... bein' like this? And this place? [......] It'd be hard not to miss it a little, y'know? I got memories of growin' up with other mermaids'n stuff, even if they ain't really mine.

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I know, I've... connected with people, on this Jaunt and the last time I infiltrated. I think we always take parts of it with us.

[ ...possibly even shark parts. ]

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It's kinda strange, right...? Feelin' jus' suddenly close to someone, 'n havin' all these memories of them.

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<small.[ gods, yes. he absolutely must speak with Daneel. ]</small>

Hopefully they'll understand, and maybe hold some of the same emotion you feel for them so it makes a sort of bridge. <small>[ little pause here.]</small> We're all in this together, odds are someone else's had to sort thought this memory-thing before.

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Y-- yeah... a bridge, huh?

[That's not a bad way to think of it, but somehow Souda feels a little embarrassed about it...] Guess we oughta ask others for advice...

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Well... since Dolorosa the other Illuminants and I sort of stayed close. [ in a "Lila still maybe wants to stab me" way, but still. ] I think talking it out will be for the best, at least to give everything an airing.

it's cool!

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--oh, you were one of those guys? [The Illuminants, huh?] But ah, yeah, you're right.

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Yes, I was Violet. [ ...oh, that's why Kevin had asked him about that. ] I'm lucky and grateful no one's held his actions against me, I think... we all understand Infiltrating can have unpleasant effects.

[ you know. FYI. just in case it's a concern. ]

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Yeah... I said a lot of stupid things, but I'm just glad I didn't end up tryin' to attack people or eat them...

[Souda's mental voice wavers at the thought, admitting that he did have that urge.]

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[ the slice of the Illuminant's daggger through flesh, Sansa's screams as he threw her overboard. actions do speak louder than words. ]

That is better for you, but... are-- were you Stricken? That can still leave a mark.

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...Yeah. I still don't feel--you know... So long as I'm in this body, I still feel it, but it wasn't so bad as before.

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It will pass soon enough. [ that's sympathetic, and he hopes reassuring. ] Hopefully the effects won't be lingering.

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T-they better not! I don't wanna keep... feelin' an urge to eat people...

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The rest of us would really appreciate that too.

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You all wouldn't even taste that good anyway! I bet!

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Let's hope you - well, nobody - tries to find out. I don't think it'll be a problem, though.