scary: mathis

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[what a question to lead with.]

I... can fight, a little...

[even if he's still weak.]

B-but we don't have magic, where I come from.

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That's probably okay. I get the feeling it'll take more brains than brawn at first.

[ the words steadily grow more visible as they spread down his shoulder, YOU HATE HUMANS ]

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Y-yes... I've been looking around where I... where... I can...

[he trails off as he notices those words, stammering through his own as his eyes widen.]

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[ the words curl down the front of his chest, so geto can spot them out of the corner of his eye when mathis trails off, expression growing tight at the sight of them.

he's smiling when he looks back at mathis, but it's obviously not genuine. ]

Sorry, does that bother you?

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More that I don't... know what to think of it...

[he shakes his head slightly, fidgeting with his sleeves.]

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[ the smile drops, and he just looks tired now. ]

You don't have to worry. Or do, I guess, it's up to you. It's not true anyway.

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I saw yours too. That it said you aren't human.

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We really only have humans and Relivers, where I come from, so I'm not sure that I would... understand completely.

[whether it's true or not, he just doesn't have any context for it-- relivers are still cloned humans, effectively, so.]

B-but that's... that's true. I'm not.

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So you're a Reliver?

[ whatever that is ]

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N...no. I'm not... either of them.

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Then...?

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I-I'm, um. The one who created me called me a... a homunculus.

['my cute, foolish little homunculus.' that still sits in his head.]

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Oh. [ whoa science fiction ] Is that a problem?

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I-is it...?

[like. is that a problem for YOU.]

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[ for him....... ]

It's on your arm because it bothers you, doesn't it?

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Well... y-yes. It means I'm not-- real.

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...? What do you mean?

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Most of me is just taken from... other people. Pieced together to make my memories.

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[ wow ]

... When did you find out?

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Just before we woke up here...?

[he is literally still in the middle of going through it.]

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Oh. [ YIKES ] That's a lot to deal with...

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A-at least this is, um... something different to deal with, in the meantime...

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So how long ago were you created? You don't have to talk about it.

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[he doesn't have to, huh.

mathis nods, but-- it's fine. he's still dealing with this, here, he doesn't think he entirely minds.]

A... about a year ago.

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Do you know why?

[ he's... BABY ]

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Yes. The person who made me-- he has someone he wants to recreate to revive them, so I'm... a test of the methods to do that. Um, I'm not that person, though.