pc: euphausia

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Really? What had happened to him?

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Our land was afflicted with calamity after calamity, and we believed the cause was the Dragon God's own wrath. That it was displeased, and had turned to rage. But we were wrong. A malicious being had attached itself to our god like a parasite, and was controlling it.

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A parasite? Well, that part feels familiar, at least.

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It does? How so?

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I've had many dealings with parasites of late.

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Were any of them human?

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Well. They are infecting humans? But maybe you mean in a more metaphoric sense.

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Parasites that infect humans...?

[ ??? ]

No, I wondered if humans were doing the infecting...

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How would they do that, exactly?

[trifocal]

I do not know exactly. Humans seem to defy all that we know of nature and rationality.

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Oh.

[uhhhhh.]

What are you, then? So you know, I'm half-human. Though I have no memory of my human parent.

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I am a mustari.

[ UHHHH. ]

... I apologize, but what do you mean by human?

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I mean - aren't most of the people here humans?

[trifocal]

Oh!

[ LETS OUT A BREATH. ]

You mean elda.

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Ah. So human means something different?

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Yes. Where I'm from, humans are terrifying monsters that take all kinds of forms.

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...There's an obvious joke to be made there, but I suppose I'll refrain.

[trifocal]

There is?

[ ?? ]

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In the sense that many people are terrifying monsters that take all forms, but - no, never mind.

[trifocal]

Oh... I suppose I do understand what you mean...

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People can be complicated. But... hopefully usually not monstrous.

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Yes... I've really only ever met one person who I would describe in such a way.