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— church;

[somatosensory]

( from here )

Black.
Extra sugar?

— cait;

[somatosensory]

( from here )

Deserving has little to do with it in my experience.

[trigeminalheadache]

Have you ever shown ANY kind of mercy?

— clarke;

[somatosensory]

( from here )

The pouting suggests otherwise.

( but she's right, he's not particularly sorry. )

— darcy;

[somatosensory]

( from here )

I'll defer to your experience.

[disaffiliate]

fine

( he's going to add too much sugar. )

just don't get used to this

[skelekinetic]

im very experienced at crying

you're still a dick tho
I don't know why its so hard to just
use furor right
or whatever
i think im broken

[skaikru]

( the kneejerk urge to argue i'm NOT pouting despite knowing the words practically undermine themselves... )

Okay. Next time just go for punching me directly in the face. It'd be efficient and spare the need for any sort of follow up conversation.

[somatosensory]

What does mercy look like to you, Caitlin?

[somatosensory]

But the dick you come to for answers, anyway.

Have you considered starting smaller, Darcy?

[somatosensory]

Sure.
But as we're here and I have a few minutes to kill — what do you want, Griffin?

[trigeminalheadache]

Peace. Leaving things alone when asked.
Sparing someone pain.
It's a gentle thing.

[ and they both know he doesn't do gentle. sometimes, she's not even sure he's capable of it. ]

[skelekinetic]

smaller how?

[somatosensory]

In size.
The anticipatory stress you feel whenever someone gets close to you will be less likely to trigger when it's responding to something smaller than you.
Like an animal.

[skelekinetic]

that
makes sense actually
ok

maybe i should get a pet or something
have you ever had a pet? DO they have pets in kossos
itd be weird if u didnt but i feel like i gotta ask

[somatosensory]

Did I have a pet or do pets exist as a concept?

[skelekinetic]

did u have a pet
the last part was more of an afterthought if u didnt

[somatosensory]

I didn't.

[skelekinetic]

that sux
did you ever want one?
i had a carnivorous plant

[somatosensory]

I wouldn't have had the time to care for it.

( which sounds only marginally less sad than "and personal attachment translates to cute, fluffy things too it turns out". it would have probably ended in tears, anyway. )

How long did it last?

[skelekinetic]

still sux

[ yeah darcy is still feeling... the depression of it all. feeling sympathy for the enemy? stupid, but one brain cell mcgee rides again. ]

it mightve caught fire when i left (like the rest of my house)
but it was rooted right so maybe it regrew
its not like i had to feed it, it just sorta hung out & ate whatever
small animals sometimes; that was gross
it might close on ur hand or whatever but u could pull it out
u might just get a little acid on u
anyway
it was named snaps
uhhh i think it was 8

[somatosensory]

I think our definitions of gentle vary.
But I don't delight in causing pain. That would imply a level of investment that I generally lack.

[trigeminalheadache]

So you're not a sadist. Just a psycho.
But you DO have some level of investment, then?

[somatosensory]

It had acid?

( w h a t. )

[skelekinetic]

yeah!
u know how we digest things with stomach acid right
that's how those plants digest stuff too
it closes on its prey & then starts
acidifying???
it

so i guess if u left ur hand in there a long time it could dissolve the skin & bones but we're stronger mostly
really cool right!!
i shouldve been a biologist
instead of whatever the fuck im doing w my life now