I'm thirsty! [HE'S THIRSTY, MEDB!!] Alcohol just dries you out. Though I guess I didn't have to worry about having a tolerance until, uh... three weeks ago, anyway.
[He wants hydration AND flavor!! Though he'll give her a curious look there, propping his chin up in his palm as he finally stops slumping like a deflated bean bag.]
Yeah? Lucky. [He says, as if having a high human tolerance is better than being immune to alcohol because you don't consume food and drink. MAYBE IT IS.] --Hey, did you like being a human?
[HE WOULD STILL LAUGH UNFORTUNATELY sometimes you are a being that can look literally any way you wish and you wake up and actively choose Frankenstein's monster every day.
In any case, his smile softens a little at about the same time her expression shifts into haughtiness.]
Seems like the kind of answer you'd rather keep close. If I said I could, what then?
[ HE ACTIVELY CHOSE TO LOOK THIS WAY? THIS IS THE WORST. I HATE HIM.
She tilts her head, and her smile becomes a little more dangerous. ]
Do your best to be worthy of it. Even if I reveal myself in one way, I don't do so in every way. It's about the temptation and how much you can resist it.
Do you want to experience being human?
[ She doesn't think being here quite fits that bill. ]
[HE SURE DID!!!! KNOW THAT I HATE MAHITO!!! HE CAN CHANGE HIS LOOKS AT ANY TIME AND FOR WHAT
But he just listens to what she says, attentive - especially attentive to the sharpness in her tone. Do your best to be worthy of it. Would he like to be? He's not very good at playing these kinds of games, he thinks. At toeing these lines. In the end, is he the sort of person who could stand up to scrutiny under Medb's harsh gaze?
It's all null, though. There's a bit of a strange expression that briefly flits across his face when she asks that question. His eyes shift for a moment to a drop of condensation sliding down the outside of his glass.]
Ah... I can't.
[The exact emotion behind his tone is hard to pin down. Maybe there's something mildly apologetic in it, or wistful in its usual whimsical way.]
[It really is a disconnect. For how human he looks and acts, and how familiar the general idea of a spirit is to so many people here - he's really not human at all. A mirror of humanity in many ways, but completely disconnected from the threads that make up its core.]
Hm... I've never thought about it, honestly.
[It'd be like a hyperintelligent squid wondering what life as a human would be like... Why even consider that when being a squid is clearly better??]
[It sounds genuine, and he picks himself up again from his slouchy posture. Or at least corrects it to a... mildly less slouchy slouch. Considering he did see that memory, he's not overly-concerned about his Clearly Not A Human-ness putting her off.
Then, with a little twinkle of amusement in his demon eye:]
Wow, you think so? It's a good thing I don't get bored often, then. Hard to do that in a place with basically no rules and new things happening every week, especially!
[It's true, Mahito owns his own terrible nature, for whatever good that... does... But he laughs a little, raising his shoulders.]
It's you, though. Ah, but I'm a little surprised... Things went downhill reeeally fast for that guy, huh?
["I'm a little surprised", says Mahito, who knows how terrible humans can be better than just about anyone else, who is also constantly expecting them to be at their worst at all times.]
[Honestly she's valid, very funny. He also doesn't seem particularly keen on continuing to discuss Fukuda in particular, because Fukuda The Person is not interesting to him so much as The Various Human Conditions That Make Up Fukuda.]
It's kind of interesting how some people do that, you know? Just keep digging themselves deeper and deeper instead of trying to pull themselves back up.
[Which he naturally means in many more ways than just "this dude wouldn't try to exonerate himself from murder crimes".]
If he noticed that, he doesn't make mention of it, though! There's maybe a little bit of a curious look, but it lets it go without comment.]
Huh. Yeah, that seems to be the case... Still weird to watch it happen. But I guess people are just kind of weird and hard to understand in general, you know?
[He says, despite having an innate understanding of (all the worst parts of) humans.]
People can be both very predictable and unpredictable. I don't know if you'll come to a full understanding because of what you are, but it doesn't hurt to try.
[ Or it could hurt. It could hurt very much, but she doesn't know if that'll be the case for Mahito. ]
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[ She sounds a little disappointed. ]
Is your stamina really low?
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[Being a spirit is so useful in so many regards.]
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[ Hello? Get your hydration normally, Mahito. ]
Even when I was a human, my tolerance was high, so I don't have to worry too much.
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[He wants hydration AND flavor!! Though he'll give her a curious look there, propping his chin up in his palm as he finally stops slumping like a deflated bean bag.]
Yeah? Lucky. [He says, as if having a high human tolerance is better than being immune to alcohol because you don't consume food and drink. MAYBE IT IS.] --Hey, did you like being a human?
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[ But well, it doesn't really matter much to spirits, does it? ]
Of course I did. I was able to do so many things in my time, and it's why I can be as I am today.
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Fine, fine - I'll drink water later.
[His JUICE THOUGH!! In any case, he doesn't seem surprised by the answer, humming a little aimless note.]
What was your favorite part about being human? Is there anything you miss, now that you're not one anymore?
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The question makes her expression flicker, and there's a flash of - something complicated before it edges on haughty. ]
My favorite things remain the same, no matter what I am, but what I miss....
[ She puts a finger to her lips, the shush it's a secret gesture. ]
Can you pay the price for that answer?
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In any case, his smile softens a little at about the same time her expression shifts into haughtiness.]
Seems like the kind of answer you'd rather keep close. If I said I could, what then?
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She tilts her head, and her smile becomes a little more dangerous. ]
Do your best to be worthy of it. Even if I reveal myself in one way, I don't do so in every way. It's about the temptation and how much you can resist it.
Do you want to experience being human?
[ She doesn't think being here quite fits that bill. ]
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But he just listens to what she says, attentive - especially attentive to the sharpness in her tone. Do your best to be worthy of it. Would he like to be? He's not very good at playing these kinds of games, he thinks. At toeing these lines. In the end, is he the sort of person who could stand up to scrutiny under Medb's harsh gaze?
It's all null, though. There's a bit of a strange expression that briefly flits across his face when she asks that question. His eyes shift for a moment to a drop of condensation sliding down the outside of his glass.]
Ah... I can't.
[The exact emotion behind his tone is hard to pin down. Maybe there's something mildly apologetic in it, or wistful in its usual whimsical way.]
That's not a thing I can experience.
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This disconnect. Even if she is no longer human, she is still so painfully human sometimes. Even Servants who were never human in life are similar. ]
I didn't ask about whether you can. Want and can't can be two separate things.
[ But of course, Medb always likes it when she turns her wants into cans. ]
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Hm... I've never thought about it, honestly.
[It'd be like a hyperintelligent squid wondering what life as a human would be like... Why even consider that when being a squid is clearly better??]
Any new experience is a valuable one, though.
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[ It's here that it's more and more apparent just how separate and different he is. It's not something that Medb dislikes or weirded out by.
It's not as if she hasn't caused people to become more inhuman before. He saw enough in her memory earlier this week. ]
I feel as if you'd be driven to doing something terrible if you ever get bored.
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[It sounds genuine, and he picks himself up again from his slouchy posture. Or at least corrects it to a... mildly less slouchy slouch. Considering he did see that memory, he's not overly-concerned about his Clearly Not A Human-ness putting her off.
Then, with a little twinkle of amusement in his demon eye:]
Wow, you think so? It's a good thing I don't get bored often, then. Hard to do that in a place with basically no rules and new things happening every week, especially!
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You shouldn't agree so easily to that. If I were someone else, you'd get the Fukuda treatment.
[ Well, probably something better since Mahito acknowledges his inhumanness and terribleness, and that makes a distinct difference. ]
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It's you, though. Ah, but I'm a little surprised... Things went downhill reeeally fast for that guy, huh?
["I'm a little surprised", says Mahito, who knows how terrible humans can be better than just about anyone else, who is also constantly expecting them to be at their worst at all times.]
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He made things worse for himself. It's as much his own fault as the rest of us.
[ Fukuda himself is an example of how terrible humans can be. ]
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It's kind of interesting how some people do that, you know? Just keep digging themselves deeper and deeper instead of trying to pull themselves back up.
[Which he naturally means in many more ways than just "this dude wouldn't try to exonerate himself from murder crimes".]
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They're idiots. That's all there is to it. If they want to sign their own death sentence, let them.
If they can't realize the depths of their despair, they deserve to sink.
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Haha, harsh.
[HE SAYS, "HAHA"ING ABOUT IT. It's pretty entertaining though okay, look, he loves Medb for being brutally honest.]
Not like you're wrong, though! People can really talk themselves in and out of all kinds of things, can't they?
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There's something distant in her gaze for half a second before she shrugs, and it's gone. ]
Sometimes, that's what keeps people going: delusion or denial or whatever reasoning that fits their needs.
It's easy to fall into a spiral.
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If he noticed that, he doesn't make mention of it, though! There's maybe a little bit of a curious look, but it lets it go without comment.]
Huh. Yeah, that seems to be the case... Still weird to watch it happen. But I guess people are just kind of weird and hard to understand in general, you know?
[He says, despite having an innate understanding of (all the worst parts of) humans.]
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[ Or it could hurt. It could hurt very much, but she doesn't know if that'll be the case for Mahito. ]
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I guess you're right about that. [No it could definitely hurt very much, at least for anyone semi normal...] Nothing to do but give it a try, then!