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[rainbowfish]

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DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I assumed "don't start public arguments" was part of the peace treaty.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

And I'll do my best! But you know what I'm like.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

That's fine. I can stop us from having fights in public. I don't need your help.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

There's that dry humour I enjoy so much. [...] I did mean it when I said I don't want to fight with you. Now, or in the future.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I wasn't t Okay. [...] I know I have a lot to make up for.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

You're fine. I just wanted to say it before this conversation passes my personal daily allotment of sincerity. I don't expect You haven't I'm [...] And there we go. Limit reached.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I won't say anything else, then.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Are you sure? I'm quite prepared to keep teasing you.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I didn’t think the teasing was optional.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

You'd hate it if I was completely well-behaved.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I would, you’re right.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

It's because we both have terrible personalities. Although really, I'm being incredibly restrained. I haven't even asked after your gills and growths.

Re: DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

Honestly I can’t even really imagine you perfectly behaved.

It’s not that bad. I can send you the measurements from the New York trip if you want.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

I was, once. Then I became a Liminal.

Oh, please do. I assume your hypothesis holds and there haven't been any changes in the past week?

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

Really? What were you like before?

Yeah. Negligible changes, if any.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Teachers would all describe me as shy. Believe it or not, I used to be afraid of speaking.

[...] That's good, isn't it? You have time now to find a way to reverse it.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

Even in your science classes?

Yeah, it's a good thing.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Only if I couldn't bear how utterly incompetent everyone else was, and even then, I'd raise my hand first. I've moved past that, obviously. There's an astounding amount of wasted time in caring what other people think.

Any advancements on that front yet?

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

Probably hard to convince yourself of that when you're the only teenager in a lecture hall full of twenty-somethings, though.

Not really. [...] Whit figured out how to control his transformations recently, but his powers work differently than mine do.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Extremely hard. I was already 22 when I became a Liminal. I spent the majority of my life quiet and well-behaved, and it didn't serve me in the least.

I saw that. Have you heard of any cases like yours? Even among permanent physical mutations, it seems like transformations are usually more sudden than gradual.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

And how’s the alternative working out for you?

Sounds like you’ve been looking into it. [...] I haven’t found anything close, but I’ve been reaching out to some researchers from other stations about it recently.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Better than I could've ever hoped for. I'm one of the top researchers at Enodia, and I can make people see whatever I want using the power of my mind. People complain, but much like you, they can never hate me completely.

I was, when you still had me helping. That's a good idea, though. You can't be the only one looking for a way to stop Liminal mutations.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

I don’t hate you.

DM, 9/14 evening

[imaginist]

Well, I know that now. You have to admit, we act like two people who hate each other.

DM, 9/14 evening

[rainbowfish]

Obviously you frustrate me sometimes. But it’s never been hatred.