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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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[wholeheaded]

...that is a good question, actually. What kind of world are the Trumps from, and what have they done to it?

Not like we'll be getting answers anytime soon but it does make you think.

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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.

[wholeheaded]

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!!]

[wholeheaded]

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.

[wholeheaded]

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.

[wholeheaded]

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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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[wholeheaded]

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!

[adjustable]

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

[wholeheaded]

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.]

[wholeheaded]

[ 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.

[adjustable]

...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.

[wholeheaded]

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...

[wholeheaded]

The rest of us would really appreciate that too.

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

[wholeheaded]

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