[he'll allow it, putting an arm around her shoulders. tired.]
The absolute last thing I want to do is let that bastard kill me. [if he wanted that, he should have done it on thursday and left whisper alone. it's too late now.] Honestly... I'm sure he's much better in a fight than I am, but he's stupid. I think I'll be okay.
[there is the fact that he has saya's power right now, though.]
I don't have any more charges on stopping time, but I have other tricks.
[she doesn't have to specify what "it" is. thinking about seeing it on display in public makes her feel queasy, but she'd prefer that to reigen avoiding it and dying.]
Nimona said you couldn't control your body very well. But there isn't a lot that can kill you in that form, even if you can't move.
How do you control it, exactly? I wasn't that good at it, but I also wasn't expecting it. [he rubs his jaw.] I think... if I knew what I was doing with it, I might be able to use it without making it too obvious.
Hmm... That's a little difficult to answer because I've had that body since I was born. But you have to learn how to flex the right muscles, like I did with this body. And... like you did when you were first learning to walk?
[she stretches her arm, as if to demonstrate, flexing her hand. she is a slime adjacent monster, but she's not pure slime. more like a sack of reticulated flesh and muscle.]
You don't have to change all at once. It'll probably be easier for you to get used to it if you did a limb at a time.
[he will concentrate and turn one arm into a sort of fleshy slimey tentacle. for just a second, before it starts to drip. understand i know your power isn't just slime, i just figured he'd be bad at using it.]
...I could always do this to whatever body part he managed to injure. If I'm wearing a suit, it's not going to be that noticeable. Maybe it's actually just something I can always do, because it turns out I'm the strongest man in the world, and I just believe in myself this much.
[oh yes, i just meant it as flavor text. she watches his arm with a strange sort of fascination, like she's never seen it from an outsider's point of view before, until his arm starts dripping and she immediately grabs a newspaper to place under his arm. that shit can stain.]
... Was that a joke? [tiredly, but she laughs a little.] If you do it right before the hit lands, it shouldn't transfer to your human body, since your wound would seal instantly. I... think. I haven't run many experiments since I arrived here.
[and now she is thinking of running one in the name of science.]
[he's actually fine with that. let's practice. we both know this doesn't happen but it's funny.]
And - it's a joke, sure. [no, literally. saya may want to rip out this guy's tongue but reigen would just prefer to emotionally destroy him by mocking his own delusions as he kills him. he absolutely would have claimed it was just something he could do as the strongest man in the world.] But I bet it would really piss him off, huh?
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But you have to stay alive to keep trying, okay?
[she will lean on him if he allows it, just. feeling a little extra clingy after the whole mess of these past two weekends.]
It might be you in the arena with him tomorrow. Are you... prepared for that?
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The absolute last thing I want to do is let that bastard kill me. [if he wanted that, he should have done it on thursday and left whisper alone. it's too late now.] Honestly... I'm sure he's much better in a fight than I am, but he's stupid. I think I'll be okay.
[there is the fact that he has saya's power right now, though.]
I don't have any more charges on stopping time, but I have other tricks.
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[she doesn't have to specify what "it" is. thinking about seeing it on display in public makes her feel queasy, but she'd prefer that to reigen avoiding it and dying.]
Nimona said you couldn't control your body very well. But there isn't a lot that can kill you in that form, even if you can't move.
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[she and nimona talked about that, huh?]
How do you control it, exactly? I wasn't that good at it, but I also wasn't expecting it. [he rubs his jaw.] I think... if I knew what I was doing with it, I might be able to use it without making it too obvious.
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[she stretches her arm, as if to demonstrate, flexing her hand. she is a slime adjacent monster, but she's not pure slime. more like a sack of reticulated flesh and muscle.]
You don't have to change all at once. It'll probably be easier for you to get used to it if you did a limb at a time.
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...I could always do this to whatever body part he managed to injure. If I'm wearing a suit, it's not going to be that noticeable. Maybe it's actually just something I can always do, because it turns out I'm the strongest man in the world, and I just believe in myself this much.
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... Was that a joke? [tiredly, but she laughs a little.] If you do it right before the hit lands, it shouldn't transfer to your human body, since your wound would seal instantly. I... think. I haven't run many experiments since I arrived here.
[and now she is thinking of running one in the name of science.]
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[he's actually fine with that. let's practice. we both know this doesn't happen but it's funny.]
And - it's a joke, sure. [no, literally. saya may want to rip out this guy's tongue but reigen would just prefer to emotionally destroy him by mocking his own delusions as he kills him. he absolutely would have claimed it was just something he could do as the strongest man in the world.] But I bet it would really piss him off, huh?
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[this doesn't happen but it's so funny. truly unhinged snake dorm hours. help.
she is seriously considering this, though...]
... Are you sure? It probably won't hurt you, but you can still feel pain.
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[his vibe is like. he will whine for hours if he burns his tongue but also would get hit by a truck and just walk away.]
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... Okay.
[she gets up to make her way to the side of the room where the kitchen is
and then she unceremoniously throws a glass jar at him.]