HOMOPHONIC 🌺 MIZUKI OKIURA

[piteous]

it's a baby

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[piteous]

... I guess you have heard about it on your mission, maybe vaguely.

But... It's related to the Black Decay that happens to plants.

[ An indication of a shortened lifespan. Basically, on the brink of unnatural death. ]

[adorabrawler]

—Oh.

Right... I remember it being a huge problem, though I never considered that could happen to us. Or, uh, you.

[piteous]

It comes with using up all your energy, so... I'm imagining you guys didn't get pushed to your limits, which is good. The Black Decay in independent plants has not been studied.

[ Because you know as walking plants they evade researchers. ]

They think it means I'm going to keel over and die.

[adorabrawler]

Hmmm... Nope. At least, I never noticed my hair turning black... I guess that makes sense. You may be an independent, but you're still a plant.

But maybe you should avoid that, yeah.

[piteous]

Kinda hard to do that.

[ My hair was black before I came here. ]

[adorabrawler]

… Nevermind, that tracks. Sooo then it went back?

[piteous]

It... Did... And it's been kind of messing with Livio's and Wolfwood's head, I think

It's nothing to worry about.

[adorabrawler]

Isn't that a good thing? It means you're not probably dying anymore.

[piteous]

... I mean... My hair is black now, too.

[ Does this just mean I'm still dying? ]

[adorabrawler]

Was, you mean.

[piteous]

[ ... ]

Well, when the baldness lifts...

[adorabrawler]

Will it? You sure you don't have to wait for it all to grow back?

[piteous]

[ ... Will I die bald? ]

[adorabrawler]

... You might...

[piteous]

This isn't helping, Mizuki!

[adorabrawler]

Sorry, I don't have the heart to lie.

[piteous]

Not even a little white lie... That's good in some cases, but you're breaking my heart here.

[adorabrawler]

Well, think of it this way.

If your hair turning black might be a sign you're dying, theeeen... if you don't have any hair to turn black in the first place, you won't die!

[ LOGIC. ]

[piteous]

... You reverted back to being twelve?

[ THE LOGIC MAKES SENSE, BUT HE'S WONDERING. ]

[adorabrawler]

—What? No. Are you calling me stupid?

[piteous]

No! But that logic would only work on me if I was two years old!

[adorabrawler]

Oh, fine. Why are you in danger of keeling over, anyway?

[piteous]

... Used a bunch of energy at home, but honestly I think I will be fine? Wolfwood and Livio are just paranoid bastards.

[adorabrawler]

.... Yeeeeah. They sure like to fuss a whole lot, huh? I get it a lot from them, too.

[piteous]

They're especially protective about kids... I think it's cute!