scary: mathis

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[ Confident Mathis... He gets back up and flicks the tooth away. ]

Sure. How're your injuries, by the way?

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They're better-! Some of the burns still hurt a little, and my chest is still sore, but the stranger effects are gone.

[he's fine! look how fine he is.]

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[ is he... ]

You can probably take another dip in the swamp to clear all those out.

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Hm? But I'm fine...

[he's sooo fine.]

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[ pokes him ]

Really?

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Not so hard!

[that. it wasn't. okay mathis.]

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... Mathis.

[ sighs ]

I guess I can't blame you since the swamp is pretty terrible, but you don't need to act tough.

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It isn't my injuries... I've just been more sensitive than usual, I think? It was harder to deal with yesterday.

[because he was normal about things then, probably,]

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[ Is Mathis in heat. ]

Sensitive...? Any idea why?

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Probably from messing up on the rules.

[once again, unconcerned. i hate alpha week actually]

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You mean the puppy one? Pretty sure we all messed it up.

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Oh- no, the sharing limits.

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You told more than three people? Why?

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With everything happening... I think that I lost track.

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[ About to pat his shoulder but then... just air pats. ]

Have you told a lot of people?

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Not that many overall... but the week before last I didn't tell anyone at all, so I was catching up, a little.

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[ Scratches his cheek. ]

I think I've only told... three people total. [ help ] But you don't have to worry about accidentally matching up with someone.

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Are you avoiding it?

[hmm.]

I just made sure that the person I thought was my partner answered first, so that I could keep us from being paired if I wasn't certain. The only people I ever told before they had told me were the ones I knew I could trust not to confirm us without making sure we were both willing.

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Not really. I'm just used to secrecy.

[ sorcerers should be suspicious, and he doesn't have satoru's arrogance. ]

But it's nice— that you trust the people here.

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I trust you, too.

[of course he does.]

...the only reason I didn't tell you before was that I'd already found mine, and then last week... I couldn't.

[his oopsie on the limits,]

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You gonna tell me now?

[ Teasing, Mathis doesn't have to. ]

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Mm-- it's manticore.

[teasing or not, mathis does trust him, so. he doesn't mind entrusting him with this.]

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[ cute...

he tilts his head ]

That's kind of like a chimera, isn't it? You heard of it before?

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Is it? I don't think I'm familiar.

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Yeah, it's like some sort of lion/scorpion hybrid. There's probably books in the library if you're curious.

[ Hums. ]

You get new powers when you pair up too, right? I wonder if we could use them against the cult somehow.