un: durante

[followyourstar]

So... this might be a strange question (and hopefully one that isn't in too bad a taste considering what all just happened), but... What sorts of dreams do you have? And how did you go about deciding on them?

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[followyourstar]

Oh, I meant how it's easier to live here in a human form. Given all the crazy things I've seen here already, I didn't think you were lying.

[nilhilistic]

That is a relief.

I often get questioned on this.

[followyourstar]

Guess that's the kind of perspective eight or nine months here give you. That and it'd be a strange thing to lie about on a post like this.

[...Wow, it's actually been that long.]

[nilhilistic]

That's true. It just surprised many people here though.

[followyourstar]

Probably because they don't have any back where they come from. Or... so I assume.

Let me guess. You usually have to deal with people asking about as many questions as I do about that sort of thing?

[nilhilistic]

I don't mind the number. It's when they get impertinent that annoys me.

[followyourstar]

Impertinent?

[nilhilistic]

Whether I eat people and so on.

[followyourstar]

That sort of impertinent. Got it.

[It seems like it would be a good thing to know one way or the other but it also seems like it's better to assume the answer to that question is "yes."]

I mean, I get it. I really do. There's always those kinds of questions mixed in with the ones that make sense.

[nilhilistic]

Which ones do you get?

[followyourstar]

"What time is it?" "Are the clock hands more like your eyes or your mouth?" That kind of thing.

[nilhilistic]

So you understand how irritating it can be.

[followyourstar]

Yeah, I get it. Kinda glad I'm not the only one who does, actually.

[nilhilistic]

It is nice to meet other creatures. Not all humans or human like people.

[followyourstar]

Um
I'm not a creature. I'm human.

[nilhilistic]

. . . With a clock face?

[followyourstar]

I know prosthetic heads aren't exactly common around here, but having this clock on my shoulders doesn't make me any less human...

[nilhilistic]

I'm quite sure they're not common anywhere. But I see your point.

[followyourstar]

Well, when most people have one they *do* usually replace the rest of their body too... But I'm still kinda shocked that it seems to be as rare as it is.

[nilhilistic]

Probably because humans tend to die when they lose their heads.

[followyourstar]

That's... true. Guess my world just figured out the trick to it?

[nilhilistic]

[ or something more insiduous but far be it for rafal to discount this possibility. ]

Perhaps. Science in some worlds is advanced enough.

[followyourstar]

[oh it's probably something insidious]

Right, exactly. It's just a matter of technology and science.

[Or... something like that.]

[nilhilistic]

So what happened?

[followyourstar]

That's a little harder to explain. I'm not sure?

[No, they should probably just be honest, given this place will pull it out of them in one way or another anyway.]

I don't remember. And for the first things I actually do remember, my head was already the way it is now.