{Animus}

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something sprung a leak
sorry about that

maybe that will drown them

but the place looked dirty anyway

might as well clean it

it's dark, too dark to see

it's very hard to get a plumber in here

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[socius]

Was it really an accident?

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well

we don't feel bad about it

so we're not sure

[socius]

[... God, you are such weirdos.]

So how do you feel about visitors?

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we don't entertain _guests
they always blunder over everything

[socius]

What if they just came to look, but not touch?

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looking is touching
and your presence is rough

and our skin is delicate

[socius]

.. What if the body wasn't physical, but something more ... spirt-like? Would it still be too rough?

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that's even worse

we don't like your spirits

[socius]

The feeling is mutual.

There's nowhere we could... request an audience?

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you're audienceing here
or auditioning

or even auditing

[socius]

An audience in-person. ...

I'd give something up for it, if you want?

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you're not a person

and neither are we

[socius]

Then a non-person meeting? [Goddamn crazies.]

What's impossible?

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you'd burn up even more
and we'd have to put you back together

and you wouldn't remember a thing

[socius]

Are you sure of that? I can handle a lot of burning up.

... Or do you mean we'd have to die to see you?

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to see us properly
anything else
is little better than this
and unpleasant for us

[socius]

I don't mind, if it means I could meet you face to face.

Is there a way to keep the memories in tact? To keep them separate instead of giving back a wiped memory?

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but we mind
and we have a lot of minds

we've tried
but it never sticks
we need better glue

[socius]

Spirits of the dead is who you usually see, right? Are you sure I wouldn't be able to visit outside of this body? It won't be the first time I've gone the same place as a soul.

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we already said

souls are the worst
rough and sticky

[socius]

But I'm not a soul. I don't have one.

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but you're here

that's enough

[socius]

If I can't come to see you- what's stopping me from killing myself, then? That's how we see you, isn't it? It'd get annoying for you if I kept dying.

[There is the matter of a price- but really, there's not much of a downside to losing things at this point.]

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we'll keep taking
and you'll know less and less