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Disclaimer! While small amounts of the information presented in this story is founded in hastily done research into the real world study of zoology, the author is not a zoologist and is also taking his own creative liberties as to make the story make sense in his own fictitious setting.
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Button Presses..
Mild flame flickering.
Dion: *Slrrrrrrrp* “Ahhhhh…”
Clomp. Clomp. Clomp.
D: “Is that you, Pooka?”
Pooka: *Distant* “Yuh huh!”
Coaster plonking. Footsteps. Creak.
P: *Distant* “Hi.”
D: “I know it’s a long ladder and you biked the whole way here”
P: *Distant* “And I know it’s your home but you could’ve put something on under that robe.”
Footsteps. Fabric shuffling. Footsteps.
D: “Better?”
P: *Laughing*
[Footstepsdoorshuttingfootsteps]
“Welcome in- hnnng!”
Footsteps thumping. Panting.
P: “You told me you were out of the way, I was not anticipating the tree would be so tall.”
D: “I’d maybe get the bus next time.”
P: “Hindsight’s a bitch.”
D: “Yeah, well you’re here and I’m excited to discuss this with you”
P: “Yes… and you weren’t kidding about how cozy you have it in here.”
D: “Thank you! I put a lot of work into the decor.”
P: “It paid off!”
Pause. Footsteps. Cushions Ruffle.
D: “So, your message. You said you want to discuss theories first.”
P: “Yes! I want to establish what you think might be happening first, because the supernaturals have all kinds of assumptions about how naturals view them while not having a way to test those assumptions”
D: “Well, my theories are not the same as the average naturals”
P: “Well you seem to treat u- them… with a level of respect that other naturals don’t have.”
D: “Right. But stories around the supernatural are steeped in mythology. That it all starts from some natural being playing god with the resources of the world which then lands to the creation of an entirely new living thing that did not happen organically”
P: “And supernaturals are persecuted on that basis because?”
D: “Well, because it’s scary. Take magic for instance; summoning fire with magic is so much more unpredictable and dangerous with the wrong intent.”
P: “Oh, so it’s like a lack of faith in the supernaturals’ ability.”
D: “Exactly, like if we allow supernatural beings to live among us, we’ll somehow be preyed on and those traits are likely to be misused,”
P: “But natural society is so chill with, like, venom and kangaroo fists and horses legs.”
D: “Well that’s exactly what I mean; it’s inconsistent and unfair what is natural and supernatural.”
P: “But that’s where you’re thinking of it wrong, and the difference isn’t unintuitive. Perhaps it is wrong what is… done, to supernaturals, but it’s not that the categorisation of supernatural and natural is wrong, or even really that unintuitive when it comes down to it - you are right by the way that supernaturals are categorised by some historical event occurring that makes them that way, and maybe there are cases where naturals get even that incorrect by taking their assumptions that far. The big part where naturals have it wrong, though, is this idea that them having that history marrs them or that they cannot be trusted to use it safely. And this rejection of the supernatural… it’s irrational fear-… you’re spacing out.”
D: “I was thinking about something…”
P: “What is on your mind?”
D: “You know what my rock is.”
P: “Your… rock?”
D: “I have one here too. The lava rocks. You picked me apart for it at some point.”
Stone against wood.
P: “I do know what that is, you’d be right.”
D: “This is from a lava monster.”
P: “That is correct.”
D: “What are they?”
P: “Well, what do you think they are?”
D: “Well I’ve studied the hell out of these things and as far as lab results are concerned, this is just basalt”
P: “So how do you know that this is supernatural?”
D: “Because lava monsters still live on the surface in volcanic regions and these pieces of rock are chipped directly off of lava monsters”
P: “Right, so if you have assessed this rock and found nothing indicating that this once was a part of the body of a living thing, what does it imply?”
D: : “That the rock is not the living thing?”
P: “That is what it implies.”
D: “So, I’ve been studying the wrong thing? This was never alive?”
P: “No, it was definitely alive.”
D: “But now that this is dead… what?”
P: “Well, what were you looking for as evidence that this was once alive?”
D: “DNA.”
P: “Right. And there’s the issue.”
D: “There is no DNA to find.”
P: “Lavamonsters don’t follow the logic of typical life forms, I’m made to assume. Lavamonsters also don’t evolve. You cannot trace the lineage of a lavamonster. Lavamonsters are alive until they’re not, and when they’re not, they’re just lava, which becomes rock.”
D: “So how are they alive? And how are they sapient?”
P: “With lava monsters in particular, it’s animation; it’s magic. They come to life using animation. And then a cycle is formed whenever you introduce an animated creature to the very animation spell that created the originals.”
D: “So lava monsters are not animals?”
P: “I don't think so.”
D: “Are they voodoo?”
P: “Absolutely not and don’t even go there.”
D: “Rude and unnecessary?"
P: "Kind of, but outright wrong, is mainly what it is. I see where you’re getting that from - you’re envisioning dolls that represent an existing person that, when prodded or ailed or whatever, have an effect on that person. That’s not voodoo, first and foremost, in my learning, it’s poppeting. But second; that’s not animation in any sense of the word.”
D: “What is animation?”
P: “Animation is to give an otherwise stationary, or mostly stationary, creature the ability to move in ways they aren’t usually capable of. Which can then extend to, say, speech and also sapience - it ultimately depends what you load the spell with. Or- uh- I would think at least.”
D: “Does this imply that anything can be animated?”
P: “Yeah, a common practice is the animation of plushies, but also plants I think I was told; this is why I prefer ‘anthropomorphism’ as a term - when the supernatural gives these types of qualities to just about anything, that is considered anthropomorphism.”
D: “So it’s all magic then?”
P: “Within lavamonsters, yes I think so.”
D: “Do lavamonsters feel things?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “And are lavamonsters dangerous to touch.”
P: “At the end of the day they are still lava; yes. You will burn.”
D: “And how does it all work?”
P: “Lavamonsters… I think… are of a system you might compare to, say, the shedding of skin. At the core of any lava monster they are lava, and piping hot. As the lava cools, it becomes rock, and that rock is like dead skin cells which may eventually be ditched... at least as I’m told. The big difference is that lavamonsters are not regenerating lava; they go and collect new lava to sustain themselves and grow and if they feel they’re a little too… let’s say rocky. That might indicate to them that they’re nearing the end of their lifespan and they will then use the animation spell to make new lavamonsters. At least to my knowledge.”
D: “What is a lavaslime?”
P: *Gasp!*
Brief pause.
P: “How do you know about that?”
D: “It’s a word I’ve heard. I figure it’s something related.”
P: “Well… lavaslime… so… there are slimes.”
D: “Right…”
P: “And slimes… are…”
D: “What..?”
P: “I don’t know.”
D: “You don’t know what a slime is?”
P: “M- my… knowledge… is… surface level. But I know… that… a lavaslime… is a hybrid. And that slimes aren’t the same system as lava.”
D: “They aren’t the same system?”
P: “No; they can mix because they’re both fluids, but that’s the only link.”
D: “It’s complicated?”
P: “We’ll go with that…”
D: “We’ll go with that?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “I call bullshit. You know something you’re not letting on-.”
P: “No.”
D: “You clearly ar-”
P: “No!”
Pause.
D: *Breath.*
P: “Don’t pry.”
Pause.
D: “Are there other lavamonsters? Besides basalt.”
P: “To my knowledge, if there exists a substance that comes from a process of lava cooling, then there is such a thing as a lava monster whos outer casing is that rock.”
D: “So, obsidian?”
P: “There is a lava monster for that.”
D: “Okay…”
P: “But, to my understanding, they are all ultimately one thing called a lavamonster; they’re no different from the basalt lava monsters at the base level, it’s just a matter of how they cool down.”
D: “And that distinguishes it from traditional life forms.”
P: “Yes. I like that from you.”
Clink.
D: “I am a professional. Well... kind of slrrp- HNGk-” *Cough cough.*
Waterfall.
P: “Woahhh… you okay?”
D: “Eurgh, that is putrid!”
P: “What’s wrong with it?”
D: “It’s gone cold.”
P: “Do you wanna pause for now?”
D: “Aye, I’m off to change my robe and get a new one. Would you like some tea too?”
[yespleaseclinkclinkwhereisyourtoiletfootstepspause…distantroaringsquealingwatercoolingmetalagainstchinafootstepsslrrr-]
P: *Slrrrrrrp. Gulp.* “Still very hot… but I think I like it.”
D: “It’s a bad thing that I basically live off of this substance, but you feel me on why, right?”
P: “It’s really good!”
D: “Can I ask, briefly, where you get your information on the supernatural.”
P: “No you can’t.” *Slrrrp*
D: *Slrrrrrp. Tongue slap.* “Why?”
Pause.
D: “Why should I trust anything you’ve said?”
P: “Because… I… am… your only outlet for finding this. And you’d have nothing if not for me”.
D: “That’s not a very satisfying answer…”
P: “Well it’s my answer.”
D: “But, like-”
P: “We’ll get there, I’m sure. For now, just trust me.”
D: “Okay, but I’ll still think of it as hearsay until I get that information.”
P: “That… is unfair… but I understand.”
D: “Why is it unfair?”
P: “I don’t treat your lessons as hearsay.”
D: “But I can show you why it isn’t and wouldn't hesitate to do so and you've also seen natural animals in real life.”
P: “Well… the supernatural doesn’t work that way… to my knowledge…”
D: “But you, as my authority on that subject, have some greater authority from which you get this information, right?”
P: “N-... well… yes, but… no… but… kinda?”
D: “Will I ever find this out?”
P: “I haven’t decided yet.”
D: “I will stop asking then.”
P: “Please do. Ask something else.”
D: “Okay, so lava monsters don’t reproduce, they conjure up new lava monsters, yes?”
P: “In essence, to my knowledge, yes.”
D: “Is every supernatural species like that?”
P: “No. Some supernatural species are just alternatives to natural species.”
D: “Now there’s that unfairness I was talking about. What’s happening there?”
P: “Some supernaturals are just the original species practising a magical art and sometimes they such a supernatural can breed and their supernatural trit is somehow passed on. And then, well, let’s go back to animation and relate it to expiration as an example.”
D: “They can reanimate the dead?”
P: “I’m told so. And then they can reproduce like they never died.”
Tap tap tap.
D: “That is nnnonsense. That doesn't make any sense”
P: “That’s why it’s supernatural! But I should add; when such a species is reanimated, it might not be behaving the way the original living species did - they behave according to the way the animator assumed they should live.”
China lifting.
D: “Ohh…”
P: “That sounded disappointed…” *suck*
D: “Well… that… okay… no no, hang on… I’m getting ideas”
Clink.
P: “Oooh, what kind?”
D: “Well, what you’ve just suggested is that species we thought were extinct are actually perhaps not permanently so thanks to reanimation”
P: “Yes. Uh- To my knowledge.”
D: “If we, as zoologists, utilised the… power? Of animation?”
P: “Err….uhhh…. Art. I would say - well, they would say - art.”
D: “If we utilised the art of animation… well. Damn, animation is already an artform…”
P: “That… is also true… to my knowledge”
D: “Well I’d hope that’s to your knowledge… look. Resurrection; can I call it that? For convenience?”
P: “Do it, for now.”
D: “Say as zoologists we resurrected an extinct species - dodos. We reanimate a dodo. We could, in theory, test its features out, and test it and test it until we figure out the true purposes, right?”
P: “That… so… yes… whether said dodos would like that is a separate issue though. And, to my understanding, we only have dodo skeletons; we can’t just make that fleshy. A reanimated dodo today would be an animated skeleton of a dodo and not a fleshy, feathery bird.”
D: “Ah… right…”
P: “But if anything is more recently extinct and we still have their original, intact, fleshly bodies, that could work.”
D: “During our first session together, after briefly touching on jellyfish, you brought up the anthro-fungi.”
P: “I did!”
D: “They’re supernatural.”
P: “They are!”
D: “When you asked that question you were presenting it as if they’re not?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “Why?”
P: “Well I-... or we… we are not supposed to talk about the supernatural.”
D: “So you were just… confusing me for the purpose of protecting the supernatural?”
P: “Well it felt like we were going there, but then you were really hesitant around it, so I thought maybe it scared you and I should escape the conversation.”
D: “But in follow up sessions…”
P: “I will admit, I was egging you on a bit because I could tell you were into it-”
D:“I fucking knew it!” *Giggle* “You li’l demon boy”
P: “But I didn’t realise it was such a sensitive issue! And I’m sorry that it upset you.”
D: “No, no, don’t be. We’re here now, after all.”
P: “Right.”
D: “Um, a final question.”
P: “Yes?”
D: “Supernaturals are shunned to the Underground, yes?”
P: “That one is common knowledge, yes.”
D: “And some are walking among us, yes?”
P: “This too is common knowledge…”
D: “How do they get out of the Underground and how deep is the Underground actually?"
P: “Oh!” *Phew* “Uh, I… would be lying if I said I know… like… how they sneak up here.”
Pause.
P: “And… I… also… don’t think I could estimate the depth of… the Underground, but I think the consensus around it being deeper than deep as we know it… is probably the truth.”
D: “In Marine Biology the depth of the ocean is similarly touted. Do you think the diversity of Underground species is similar to the ocean in that sense; where there’s so much going down that we could be missing out on millions of things that exist that we simply don’t have the depth to see.”
P: “Probably.”
D: “And.. this is a controversial matter, I know, but do you think the conspiracy theory that some missing persons may have wandered into the Underground and never found a way back home is true? Or that some beings of the Underground may bring them down there maliciously? Or, say, the reverse, that some supernatural beings come to the surface unintentionally and live here for extended periods, rarely to never returning, and appearing to the people of the Underground that they are missing.”
Very long pause.
D: “I-”
P: “We can… come back to that another time.”
Pause.
D: “Wow… okay…”
P: “As for… um… next time… I’ll maybe have more of an actual lesson planned, now that I know what your beliefs are.”
D: “And you better come with more information too…”
P: “I will have a plan that maybe avoids awkwardness… I hope..”
D: “That would be a go-”
Button press.
Not Detecting Audio Input.
Button press.
D: “-or next time.”
P: “Like I should… what?”
D: “So, like, just a brief description of what’s in the next lesson.”
P: “It’s not planned yet…”
D: “You must have an idea though, no?”
P: “Well… I’m not a teacher… I don’t know how to do that”
D: “Well… next time you should do that…
P: “Okay” *Laugh*
Rumble.
P: “Bye future DIon”
Button press.
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Button Presses..
Mild flame flickering.
Dion: *Slrrrrrrrp* “Ahhhhh…”
Clomp. Clomp. Clomp.
D: “Is that you, Pooka?”
Pooka: *Distant* “Yuh huh!”
Coaster plonking. Footsteps. Creak.
P: *Distant* “Hi.”
D: “I know it’s a long ladder and you biked the whole way here”
P: *Distant* “And I know it’s your home but you could’ve put something on under that robe.”
Footsteps. Fabric shuffling. Footsteps.
D: “Better?”
P: *Laughing*
[Footstepsdoorshuttingfootsteps]
“Welcome in- hnnng!”
Footsteps thumping. Panting.
P: “You told me you were out of the way, I was not anticipating the tree would be so tall.”
D: “I’d maybe get the bus next time.”
P: “Hindsight’s a bitch.”
D: “Yeah, well you’re here and I’m excited to discuss this with you”
P: “Yes… and you weren’t kidding about how cozy you have it in here.”
D: “Thank you! I put a lot of work into the decor.”
P: “It paid off!”
Pause. Footsteps. Cushions Ruffle.
D: “So, your message. You said you want to discuss theories first.”
P: “Yes! I want to establish what you think might be happening first, because the supernaturals have all kinds of assumptions about how naturals view them while not having a way to test those assumptions”
D: “Well, my theories are not the same as the average naturals”
P: “Well you seem to treat u- them… with a level of respect that other naturals don’t have.”
D: “Right. But stories around the supernatural are steeped in mythology. That it all starts from some natural being playing god with the resources of the world which then lands to the creation of an entirely new living thing that did not happen organically”
P: “And supernaturals are persecuted on that basis because?”
D: “Well, because it’s scary. Take magic for instance; summoning fire with magic is so much more unpredictable and dangerous with the wrong intent.”
P: “Oh, so it’s like a lack of faith in the supernaturals’ ability.”
D: “Exactly, like if we allow supernatural beings to live among us, we’ll somehow be preyed on and those traits are likely to be misused,”
P: “But natural society is so chill with, like, venom and kangaroo fists and horses legs.”
D: “Well that’s exactly what I mean; it’s inconsistent and unfair what is natural and supernatural.”
P: “But that’s where you’re thinking of it wrong, and the difference isn’t unintuitive. Perhaps it is wrong what is… done, to supernaturals, but it’s not that the categorisation of supernatural and natural is wrong, or even really that unintuitive when it comes down to it - you are right by the way that supernaturals are categorised by some historical event occurring that makes them that way, and maybe there are cases where naturals get even that incorrect by taking their assumptions that far. The big part where naturals have it wrong, though, is this idea that them having that history marrs them or that they cannot be trusted to use it safely. And this rejection of the supernatural… it’s irrational fear-… you’re spacing out.”
D: “I was thinking about something…”
P: “What is on your mind?”
D: “You know what my rock is.”
P: “Your… rock?”
D: “I have one here too. The lava rocks. You picked me apart for it at some point.”
Stone against wood.
P: “I do know what that is, you’d be right.”
D: “This is from a lava monster.”
P: “That is correct.”
D: “What are they?”
P: “Well, what do you think they are?”
D: “Well I’ve studied the hell out of these things and as far as lab results are concerned, this is just basalt”
P: “So how do you know that this is supernatural?”
D: “Because lava monsters still live on the surface in volcanic regions and these pieces of rock are chipped directly off of lava monsters”
P: “Right, so if you have assessed this rock and found nothing indicating that this once was a part of the body of a living thing, what does it imply?”
D: : “That the rock is not the living thing?”
P: “That is what it implies.”
D: “So, I’ve been studying the wrong thing? This was never alive?”
P: “No, it was definitely alive.”
D: “But now that this is dead… what?”
P: “Well, what were you looking for as evidence that this was once alive?”
D: “DNA.”
P: “Right. And there’s the issue.”
D: “There is no DNA to find.”
P: “Lavamonsters don’t follow the logic of typical life forms, I’m made to assume. Lavamonsters also don’t evolve. You cannot trace the lineage of a lavamonster. Lavamonsters are alive until they’re not, and when they’re not, they’re just lava, which becomes rock.”
D: “So how are they alive? And how are they sapient?”
P: “With lava monsters in particular, it’s animation; it’s magic. They come to life using animation. And then a cycle is formed whenever you introduce an animated creature to the very animation spell that created the originals.”
D: “So lava monsters are not animals?”
P: “I don't think so.”
D: “Are they voodoo?”
P: “Absolutely not and don’t even go there.”
D: “Rude and unnecessary?"
P: "Kind of, but outright wrong, is mainly what it is. I see where you’re getting that from - you’re envisioning dolls that represent an existing person that, when prodded or ailed or whatever, have an effect on that person. That’s not voodoo, first and foremost, in my learning, it’s poppeting. But second; that’s not animation in any sense of the word.”
D: “What is animation?”
P: “Animation is to give an otherwise stationary, or mostly stationary, creature the ability to move in ways they aren’t usually capable of. Which can then extend to, say, speech and also sapience - it ultimately depends what you load the spell with. Or- uh- I would think at least.”
D: “Does this imply that anything can be animated?”
P: “Yeah, a common practice is the animation of plushies, but also plants I think I was told; this is why I prefer ‘anthropomorphism’ as a term - when the supernatural gives these types of qualities to just about anything, that is considered anthropomorphism.”
D: “So it’s all magic then?”
P: “Within lavamonsters, yes I think so.”
D: “Do lavamonsters feel things?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “And are lavamonsters dangerous to touch.”
P: “At the end of the day they are still lava; yes. You will burn.”
D: “And how does it all work?”
P: “Lavamonsters… I think… are of a system you might compare to, say, the shedding of skin. At the core of any lava monster they are lava, and piping hot. As the lava cools, it becomes rock, and that rock is like dead skin cells which may eventually be ditched... at least as I’m told. The big difference is that lavamonsters are not regenerating lava; they go and collect new lava to sustain themselves and grow and if they feel they’re a little too… let’s say rocky. That might indicate to them that they’re nearing the end of their lifespan and they will then use the animation spell to make new lavamonsters. At least to my knowledge.”
D: “What is a lavaslime?”
P: *Gasp!*
Brief pause.
P: “How do you know about that?”
D: “It’s a word I’ve heard. I figure it’s something related.”
P: “Well… lavaslime… so… there are slimes.”
D: “Right…”
P: “And slimes… are…”
D: “What..?”
P: “I don’t know.”
D: “You don’t know what a slime is?”
P: “M- my… knowledge… is… surface level. But I know… that… a lavaslime… is a hybrid. And that slimes aren’t the same system as lava.”
D: “They aren’t the same system?”
P: “No; they can mix because they’re both fluids, but that’s the only link.”
D: “It’s complicated?”
P: “We’ll go with that…”
D: “We’ll go with that?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “I call bullshit. You know something you’re not letting on-.”
P: “No.”
D: “You clearly ar-”
P: “No!”
Pause.
D: *Breath.*
P: “Don’t pry.”
Pause.
D: “Are there other lavamonsters? Besides basalt.”
P: “To my knowledge, if there exists a substance that comes from a process of lava cooling, then there is such a thing as a lava monster whos outer casing is that rock.”
D: “So, obsidian?”
P: “There is a lava monster for that.”
D: “Okay…”
P: “But, to my understanding, they are all ultimately one thing called a lavamonster; they’re no different from the basalt lava monsters at the base level, it’s just a matter of how they cool down.”
D: “And that distinguishes it from traditional life forms.”
P: “Yes. I like that from you.”
Clink.
D: “I am a professional. Well... kind of slrrp- HNGk-” *Cough cough.*
Waterfall.
P: “Woahhh… you okay?”
D: “Eurgh, that is putrid!”
P: “What’s wrong with it?”
D: “It’s gone cold.”
P: “Do you wanna pause for now?”
D: “Aye, I’m off to change my robe and get a new one. Would you like some tea too?”
[yespleaseclinkclinkwhereisyourtoiletfootstepspause…distantroaringsquealingwatercoolingmetalagainstchinafootstepsslrrr-]
P: *Slrrrrrrp. Gulp.* “Still very hot… but I think I like it.”
D: “It’s a bad thing that I basically live off of this substance, but you feel me on why, right?”
P: “It’s really good!”
D: “Can I ask, briefly, where you get your information on the supernatural.”
P: “No you can’t.” *Slrrrp*
D: *Slrrrrrp. Tongue slap.* “Why?”
Pause.
D: “Why should I trust anything you’ve said?”
P: “Because… I… am… your only outlet for finding this. And you’d have nothing if not for me”.
D: “That’s not a very satisfying answer…”
P: “Well it’s my answer.”
D: “But, like-”
P: “We’ll get there, I’m sure. For now, just trust me.”
D: “Okay, but I’ll still think of it as hearsay until I get that information.”
P: “That… is unfair… but I understand.”
D: “Why is it unfair?”
P: “I don’t treat your lessons as hearsay.”
D: “But I can show you why it isn’t and wouldn't hesitate to do so and you've also seen natural animals in real life.”
P: “Well… the supernatural doesn’t work that way… to my knowledge…”
D: “But you, as my authority on that subject, have some greater authority from which you get this information, right?”
P: “N-... well… yes, but… no… but… kinda?”
D: “Will I ever find this out?”
P: “I haven’t decided yet.”
D: “I will stop asking then.”
P: “Please do. Ask something else.”
D: “Okay, so lava monsters don’t reproduce, they conjure up new lava monsters, yes?”
P: “In essence, to my knowledge, yes.”
D: “Is every supernatural species like that?”
P: “No. Some supernatural species are just alternatives to natural species.”
D: “Now there’s that unfairness I was talking about. What’s happening there?”
P: “Some supernaturals are just the original species practising a magical art and sometimes they such a supernatural can breed and their supernatural trit is somehow passed on. And then, well, let’s go back to animation and relate it to expiration as an example.”
D: “They can reanimate the dead?”
P: “I’m told so. And then they can reproduce like they never died.”
Tap tap tap.
D: “That is nnnonsense. That doesn't make any sense”
P: “That’s why it’s supernatural! But I should add; when such a species is reanimated, it might not be behaving the way the original living species did - they behave according to the way the animator assumed they should live.”
China lifting.
D: “Ohh…”
P: “That sounded disappointed…” *suck*
D: “Well… that… okay… no no, hang on… I’m getting ideas”
Clink.
P: “Oooh, what kind?”
D: “Well, what you’ve just suggested is that species we thought were extinct are actually perhaps not permanently so thanks to reanimation”
P: “Yes. Uh- To my knowledge.”
D: “If we, as zoologists, utilised the… power? Of animation?”
P: “Err….uhhh…. Art. I would say - well, they would say - art.”
D: “If we utilised the art of animation… well. Damn, animation is already an artform…”
P: “That… is also true… to my knowledge”
D: “Well I’d hope that’s to your knowledge… look. Resurrection; can I call it that? For convenience?”
P: “Do it, for now.”
D: “Say as zoologists we resurrected an extinct species - dodos. We reanimate a dodo. We could, in theory, test its features out, and test it and test it until we figure out the true purposes, right?”
P: “That… so… yes… whether said dodos would like that is a separate issue though. And, to my understanding, we only have dodo skeletons; we can’t just make that fleshy. A reanimated dodo today would be an animated skeleton of a dodo and not a fleshy, feathery bird.”
D: “Ah… right…”
P: “But if anything is more recently extinct and we still have their original, intact, fleshly bodies, that could work.”
D: “During our first session together, after briefly touching on jellyfish, you brought up the anthro-fungi.”
P: “I did!”
D: “They’re supernatural.”
P: “They are!”
D: “When you asked that question you were presenting it as if they’re not?”
P: “Yes.”
D: “Why?”
P: “Well I-... or we… we are not supposed to talk about the supernatural.”
D: “So you were just… confusing me for the purpose of protecting the supernatural?”
P: “Well it felt like we were going there, but then you were really hesitant around it, so I thought maybe it scared you and I should escape the conversation.”
D: “But in follow up sessions…”
P: “I will admit, I was egging you on a bit because I could tell you were into it-”
D:“I fucking knew it!” *Giggle* “You li’l demon boy”
P: “But I didn’t realise it was such a sensitive issue! And I’m sorry that it upset you.”
D: “No, no, don’t be. We’re here now, after all.”
P: “Right.”
D: “Um, a final question.”
P: “Yes?”
D: “Supernaturals are shunned to the Underground, yes?”
P: “That one is common knowledge, yes.”
D: “And some are walking among us, yes?”
P: “This too is common knowledge…”
D: “How do they get out of the Underground and how deep is the Underground actually?"
P: “Oh!” *Phew* “Uh, I… would be lying if I said I know… like… how they sneak up here.”
Pause.
P: “And… I… also… don’t think I could estimate the depth of… the Underground, but I think the consensus around it being deeper than deep as we know it… is probably the truth.”
D: “In Marine Biology the depth of the ocean is similarly touted. Do you think the diversity of Underground species is similar to the ocean in that sense; where there’s so much going down that we could be missing out on millions of things that exist that we simply don’t have the depth to see.”
P: “Probably.”
D: “And.. this is a controversial matter, I know, but do you think the conspiracy theory that some missing persons may have wandered into the Underground and never found a way back home is true? Or that some beings of the Underground may bring them down there maliciously? Or, say, the reverse, that some supernatural beings come to the surface unintentionally and live here for extended periods, rarely to never returning, and appearing to the people of the Underground that they are missing.”
Very long pause.
D: “I-”
P: “We can… come back to that another time.”
Pause.
D: “Wow… okay…”
P: “As for… um… next time… I’ll maybe have more of an actual lesson planned, now that I know what your beliefs are.”
D: “And you better come with more information too…”
P: “I will have a plan that maybe avoids awkwardness… I hope..”
D: “That would be a go-”
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D: “-or next time.”
P: “Like I should… what?”
D: “So, like, just a brief description of what’s in the next lesson.”
P: “It’s not planned yet…”
D: “You must have an idea though, no?”
P: “Well… I’m not a teacher… I don’t know how to do that”
D: “Well… next time you should do that…
P: “Okay” *Laugh*
Rumble.
P: “Bye future DIon”
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